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Uncovering Ableism

Language & history, bias seen clearly, and lived experience — the three threads this site is built on.

The problem with the word "disability"

Where the word's deficit associations actually came from — and why it's worth a second look, without telling anyone their own experience is wrong.

I took a bias test about people like me. I failed it.

My own result on Harvard's Implicit Association Test, and why I think everyone should take it too.

Aversive ableism: the bias of good people

The hiring manager, the caring teacher, the well-meaning healthcare worker — how ableism survives in well-intentioned places.