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The Politics of Ableism

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Gregor Wolbring at the invitation of the Editor to continue the ideas of an earlier article published in volume 49 number 4 shares with Development readers his understanding of the concept of ableism. He argues that the term ability should not be used just in relation to disabled people but understood in a broader cultural perspective. He highlights different forms of ableism, the role of new and emerging technologies, the consequences of different forms of ableism and the importance of dealing with the concept of ableism on the policy level, and proposes the need for a field of ability studies that examine ableism. Development (2008) 51, 252–258. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.17

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  • Gregor Wolbring, 2008. "The Politics of Ableism," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 51(2), pages 252-258, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:develp:v:51:y:2008:i:2:p:252-258
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    3. Nico Leonhardt, 2024. "Silent Processes in Higher Education: Examining Ableism Through an Ability‐Critical Lens," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 12.
    4. Marianne Hirschberg & Christian Papadopoulos, 2016. "“Reasonable Accommodation” and “Accessibility”: Human Rights Instruments Relating to Inclusion and Exclusion in the Labor Market," Societies, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-16, January.
    5. Ake-Kob, Alin & Blazeviciene, Aurelija & Colonna, Liane & Cartolovni, Anto & Dantas, Carina & Fedosov, Anton & Florez-Revuelta, Francisco & Fosch-Villaronga, Eduard & He, Zhicheng & Klimczuk, Andrzej , 2021. "State of the art on ethical, legal, and social issues linked to audio- and video-based AAL solutions," EconStor Research Reports 248470, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    6. Julia N. Daniels, 2019. "Disabled Mothering? Outlawed, Overlooked and Severely Prohibited: Interrogating Ableism in Motherhood," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(1), pages 114-123.
    7. Morton Beiser & Feng Hou, 2014. "Chronic health conditions, labour market participation and resource consumption among immigrant and native-born residents of Canada," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 59(3), pages 541-547, June.
    8. Chandola, Tarani & Rouxel, Patrick, 2021. "The role of workplace accommodations in explaining the disability employment gap in the UK," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 285(C).
    9. Ross, Timothy & Bilas, Patrick & Buliung, Ronald & El-Geneidy, Ahmed, 2020. "A scoping review of accessible student transport services for children with disabilities," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 57-67.
    10. Gregor Wolbring, 2012. "Expanding Ableism: Taking down the Ghettoization of Impact of Disability Studies Scholars," Societies, MDPI, vol. 2(3), pages 1-9, July.
    11. Teresa Shiels & Neil Kenny & Roy Shiels & Patricia Mannix-McNamara, 2021. "Incivility in Higher Education: Challenges of Inclusion for Neurodiverse Students with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ireland," Societies, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-14, June.
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    13. Chiara Salvatore & Gregor Wolbring, 2021. "Children and Youth Environmental Action: The Case of Children and Youth with Disabilities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-27, September.

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