able-bodiedism
English
editEtymology
editFrom able-bodied + -ism.
Noun
edit- Ableism: a prejudice in favor of the able-bodied
- 2008, Donna M. Mertens et al., “Transformative Research and Ethics”, in Handbook of Social Research Ethics, page 95:
- Racism is one of several systems of oppression. Others are class, sexism, heterosexism, the institutionalized primacy of Christianity, and able-bodiedism.