Ableism and What it Means in Short

An easy way to understand a basic perspective of Ableist language and Ableism. If someone lets you know you have said or written something "ableist", think of exactly what you said or wrote, and replace the disability mention with "black person" or "gay person" and that might help understand why it is offensive.This is by no means anything close to explaining ableism in full, but hopefully it will be a conversation starter and get you thinking if you haven't known…