Able-bodiedism

Origin

able-bodied + -ism

Full definition of able-bodiedism

Noun

1. Ableism: a prejudice in favor of the able-bodied
• 2008, Donna M. Mertens et al., Handbook of Social Research Ethics Chapter Transformative Research and Ethics, Racism is one of several systems of oppression. Others are class, sexism, heterosexism, the institutionalized primacy of Christianity, and able-bodiedism.