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Op Ed

Another View of Ableism

Post author By s.e. smith
Post date Monday, January 31st, 2011
26 Comments on Another View of Ableism

The Oxford English Dictionary records the first usage of the word ‘ableism’ in 1981. It’s highly probable that disability rights activists have been using this word much longer; many people are surprised to learn that disability rights activism has a history dating to the 1800s, that people with disabilities have been challenging discrimination against us […]

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