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Tag: ableist language

Anti-ableist Alternatives to “-Phobia”

July 9, 2021
alternatives to phobia

Recently, I learned that using words with the suffix “-phobia” to describe oppression can perpetuate ableism. Phobias are real mental illnesses, so equating them with bigotry is where the ableism…

posted in: Education
tagged with: ableist language, alternatives, anti, phobia

On Ableist Language

January 13, 2021
ableist language

CW: Ableism and ableist language [Image description: When we use ableist language to describe white supremacy, we only uphold it.] After the white supremacist violence that took place at the…

posted in: Education
tagged with: ableism, ableist language, alternatives, mental health, mental illness, Sins Invalid, wedding industry

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