1. Characterized by or showing prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities.
Usage: Modern usage; social/political context

1. A person who holds ableist views or engages in ableist behavior.
Usage: Modern usage; social/political context

Examples

• The company's ableist hiring practices excluded qualified candidates with disabilities.
• Assuming someone in a wheelchair cannot work is an ableist stereotype.
• She called out the ableist language used in the advertisement.
• The building's lack of ramps reflected ableist design standards.
• He was criticized for making ableist comments about people with mental illness.
• Ableist attitudes often go unexamined in everyday conversations.
• The activist works to challenge ableist assumptions in education.