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Disability Visibility- Why it Matters

AP Young1 Mar 2020 Leave a comment

Disability visibility may seem like a foreign phrase if you’ve never had a disability. Chances are you may not think about the lack of representation disability gets in media. And honestly, that’s to be expected. Most of us fail…

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Unpacking my Abelism- How My Disability Taught Me

AP Young31 Mar 20194 Comments

Ableism is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as: “discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities”. While that definition may seem neat and succinct; ableism behavior is so much deeper than that. Beyond the most obvious forms of prejudice such…

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