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ableism
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a·ble·ism  (b-lzm)
n.
Discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities.
able·ist adj. & n.
ableism [ˈeɪbəlˌɪzəm]
n
(Sociology) discrimination against disabled or handicapped people
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Noun1.ableismableism - discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism
discrimination, favoritism, favouritism - unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice


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Many of the students who dominate the college population and the course come, inevitably, with racist, ethnocentric, sexist, classist, ableist, ageist, and homophobic/heterosexist notions of identity and access in contemporary US culture and the world.
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Applied to schooling and child development, ableist preferences become particularly apparent.
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It is "institutionally" racist, sexist, classist, homophobic, ageist, ableist, speciesist, and looksist.
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