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Ableism is a set of beliefs or practices that devalue and discriminate against people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities and often rests on the assumption that disabled people need to be ‘fixed’ in one form or the other. ~The Center for Disability Rights |
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Resources
- Town of Sandwich Commission on Disability: www.sandwichmass.org/254/Commission-on-Disability#:~:text=The%20Commission%20is%20charged%20with,federal%20and%20state%20disability%20laws.
- Disability Justice, POC Online Classroom www.poconlineclassroom.com/disability-justice
- Anti-Ableism Fast Facts; Flexability: www.flexability.com/uploads/files/Anti-Ableism-Fast-Facts.pdf
- Ableism; The Center for Disability Rights: cdrnys.org/blog/uncategorized/ableism/
- Ableism; The National Conference for Community & Justice (includes glossary, timeline, and videos): www.nccj.org/ableism
- The Arc: thearc.org/
- The Arc of Massachusetts Voting Resource Center thearcofmass.org/voting/
- National Organization of Disability: www.nod.org/services/
- The Biggest Challenge is Ableism, Not My Disability; UN Africa Renewal Magazine, August 2021: www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/august-2021/%E2%80%98-biggest-challenge-ableism-not-my-disability%E2%80%99
- Sins Invalid, An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisability: www.sinsinvalid.org/curriculum
- Disability; The Zinn Education Project: www.zinnedproject.org/search?_theme=disability
- Sandwich Mom Creates Picture Book to Explain Differences, Promote Inclusiveness; The Enterprise, January 18, 2022: www.capenews.net/arts_and_entertainment/sandwich-mom-creates-picturebook-to-explain-differences-promote-inclusiveness/article_77da816a-0dc4-57e6-a7e5-a132682bef4c.html
- Stop Ableism: www.stopableism.org/p/what-is-ableism.html
- MERGE Diverse Abilities Inclusion Consulting: www.mergeconsulting.org/
Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are multi-faceted, brimming with personality, pride, ambition, love, empathy, and wit.” |
“There's nothing more debilitating about a disability than the way people treat you over it.” |