Ism Project- Ableism by Rashel Rosado https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4 Ableism project en-us 2021-12-10 13:37:58 UTC 2025-10-23 12:55:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 2407353_1 https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940361132 2021-12-10 13:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940361132 2407353_1 https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940363138 2021-12-10 13:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940363138 2407353_1 https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940367390 2021-12-10 13:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940367390 2407353_1 https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940392474 Ableism can be defined as:
  • the intentional or unintentional discrimination of people with disabilities based on the belief that able-bodied individuals are superior.
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]]> 2021-12-10 14:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1940394807 Work Cited 2407353_1 https://padlet.com/2407353_1/gi22vgsb0jzmqjo4/wish/1941237448 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "ableism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Dec. 2013, https://www.britannica.com/topic/ableism. Accessed 10 December 2021.

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  • People with disabilities were seen as unproductive and therefore a burden to society.  
  • Viewed as unhealthy and defective.
  •  Majority of people felt that those with disabilities should be killed off. 
  • People with disablilites were often used for entertainment (freakshows/circuses) or they were hidden from the public

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  • Hydrotherapy- used to help patients remain calm by placing them in water baths
  • Electroshock therapy- electric shocks were administered to patients brains
  • Sterilization- people with disabilities were seen as incapable of having children and so they would remove their ability to have children through sterilization. 

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  • Eugencies- “the study of hereditary improvements of the human race by controlled selective breeding” 

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  • People with disabilities were segregated into residential facilities, institutions, “special schools”

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  • Were either financially compensated or were taken advantage of. 
  • Were common due to lack of proper training.
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