Successfully confronting and coping with ableism

When you live with a disability it’s not uncommon to experience ableism.

Ableism, by definition, is a set of beliefs and practices that devalue people with disabilities.
There is an assumption of superiority – ableism assumes that people with a disability are less valuable or capable than those who do not live with a disability. It treats disability as a defect to be cured, rather than a variation of human experience.

Ableism appears in everyday life through physical barriers, the language that is used and the assumptions that are made, ie “you don’t look disabled,” or calling someone “inspirational” for performing daily tasks. Ableism can assume the person with a disability is helpless and can’t speak for themselves.

My CP Guide has published a series of articles about successfully confronting and coping with ableism. The articles are written by a group of people with Cerebral Palsy and their allies and is based on research they carried out.

You can read them here:

Part 1 – www.tinyurl.com/ym9nycbr

Part 2 – www.tinyurl.com/3bzdecz4

Part 3 – www.tinyurl.com/2v3w8wyj