Ableism
First welcome to the Living With Disabilities, Advocacy website and it's run by no other, Katrina Smith, who's a person with a Learning disability. Today Living With Disabilities wants to talk about Ableism. What's Ableism? is discriminating against and being prejudiced against people who are disabled. The bottom line is treating someone unfairly because of their disability. Living in a community as a person with a disability can be hard, in the sense of dealing with society, not everyone who works in the workplace is opened minded, towards people with disabilities. Why does ableism matter? Ableism matters because it builds barriers for people and stops them from participating in events out in society. What are these barriers? 1. inaccessibility 2. discrimination 3. Not willing to change How to avoid formal ableism when communicating with a person with a disability, about their disability. 1. focu...