LAWRENCE, KANSAS — From inaccessible facilities to inappropriate treatment plans or inaccurate assumptions, people with disabilities experience challenges in health care that may be rooted in ...

RIT’s Expressive Communication Center students explore ableism in communication-focused settings Group presented at national conference in Arizona Everyone communicates differently and, in a higher ...

In March, conservative political commentator Candace Owens made some rather distasteful comments about disability representation in clothing company SKIMS. Model Haleigh Rosa was featured on the SKIMS ...

Ableism is an insidious form discrimination When we think of discrimination in the workplace, we often think first of racial, ethnic, or gender discrimination, and then target diversity and inclusion ...

An important thing to understand about ableism that disabled people have limited choices in how to respond to it. Two main questions dominate most discussions about ableism. One is about what does and ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Can you recognize when you’re being ableist? Even well-meaning people ...

Ableism is one of the greatest obstacles faced by people with disabilities. We believe that improving an understanding of ableism will improve student access to a quality education.” — Maren ...

Although nothing about STEM should inherently exclude people with disabilities, stigma and ableist cultures persist. With support from NSF, this conference series explored issues related to the ...

As the broader health care field strives to identify and address health care disparities, a commentary published in The Lancet Oncology underscored the importance of eliminating ableism from cancer ...

(RNS) — 'You get a bunch of 'UUs' committed to systemic change, and things start to happen,' said one drafter of the new anti-ableism commitment. (RNS) — In a step that marks the rise of ableism — ...

This story was produced by The 74, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on education in America. In the coming days, Minnesota is expected to enact a first-of-its-kind law promoting ...