How to Use ableism in a Sentence
ableism
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Whole books have been written about the exact nature and sources of the ableism.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
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And ableism can warp the instincts and habits of disabled as well as non-disabled people.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 June 2021
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One simple reason for this exclusion is the power of ableism.
—Alice Wong, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2018
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To pretend otherwise is fantasy while letting your ableism fly loud and proud.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 29 June 2021
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The show depicts her daily life, using the podcast form to explore how ableism manifests.
—Eric McQuade, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2020
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But ableism doesn’t always fall equally on people with disabilities.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
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The long struggle to unlearn ableism may have an unexpected side benefit.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
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What does his decision to keep his cancer diagnosis a secret say about our culture’s ableism?
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
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There are hundreds of specific choices involved in dealing with the many kinds of everyday ableism.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
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Some feel validated to see their own experiences of ableism and neglect reflected back to them.
—Lindsay Lee Wallace, Time, 27 Oct. 2022
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Sia used Autism Speaks as advisors to her first film Music, which was widely panned for blatant ableism.
—Imani Barbarin, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2021
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As a result, disabled people finally have truly viable choices of how to respond to ableism.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
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But that’s not the same thing as tolerating ableism, especially when pointing it out has the potential to correct it.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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The trolls started spamming tags like #gaypride, #ableism, #transsexual, and #depression.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
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Mooney’s new book, Normal Sucks, is part memoir, part letter to his children, part call to action against ableism and the cult of normal.
—Mark Armstrong, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
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Cases like Dr Knight’s limp along without resolution due to systemic sexism and ableism.
—Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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That is the embodiment of ableism — not seeing past someone’s disability.
—Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
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Seeing the systemic effects of ableism firsthand exposed just how flawed her thinking had been, and her relationship with her studies began to evolve.
—Mike Mariani, Wired, 16 Aug. 2022
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This centers on the leadership of those most impacted to confront casual, structural and systemic ableism in all spaces.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
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Applewhite warns that ignoring the overlap between ageism and ableism reinforces a dual stigma.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 27 June 2021
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This is partly due to persistent ableism and other barriers in traditional workplaces.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 31 May 2021
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This article discusses ableism, violence, rape and murder, which some readers may find distressing.
—Carly Findlay, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2022
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In a post to Reddit, the sister shared her experience, with many critics calling the bride's request a cruel example of ableism.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
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This choice helped prevent building ableism into oxygen measures, while also avoiding gender disparities due to poor device fit.
—Amy Moran-Thomas, Wired, 4 June 2021
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Portlanders need a leader who experiences ableism and will solve many accessibility issues which the city has continued to fail to fix.
—oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020
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Nor are they being schooled on the intersection of age across other dimensions of diversity, including ableism.
—Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
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Talk is part of church’s Epiphany Adult Forum Series, and examines views on ableism and disability through the lens of faith.
—Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
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Activists say that ableism -- the discrimination or bias against disabled people -- is at the root of this disparity and that misogyny puts women in greater danger.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2021
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Fitness culture in general can be a very toxic and intimidating space, often populated by ableism and fat-shaming.
—Beth McColl, SELF, 16 Apr. 2018
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Much of it is broadly focused on topics like implicit bias, ableism, gender discrimination, and heterosexism, to name a few topics.
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
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