Meanings
adjectiveableistic (comparative more ableistic, superlative most ableistic)
comparative more ableistic · superlative most ableistic
- ableist
A number of us often found ourselves interrupting a process that was ableistic or exclusionary; protesting a space or meeting that would be inaccessible, printed material that was not in braille and on tape, etc., etc.
1990 April 7, Mary Frances Platt, “Creating Accessibility: Organizing for the National Lesbian Conference”, in Gay Community News, page 9
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