We report the results of an interview‐based study of the qualities that people with physical
and sensory disabilities use to describe effective nondisabled allies. Participants (n= 16) …

This research note explores the difficulties and importance of obtaining research data on
attitudes of disability-rights activists. Remarkably little research has been done on the …

Encouraging the development of disability allies Page 1 The authors advocate for a
constructionist interpretation of disability, grounded in a social justice perspective, by …

Disabled people, amidst political and social gains, continue to experience discrimination in
multiple areas. Understanding how such discrimination, named here as ableism, operates is …

This chapter focuses on ableism's effects for disabled people, the “targets” of prejudice. It
begins by describing research on stigmatized group members in general and how chronic …

This article seeks to explore, through the literature, the notion that a hierarchy of impairment
exists from the perspectives of both disabled and non-disabled people. The literature …

Much existing research on ableism focuses on individuals whose disabilities are more
apparent to others. Using a phenomenological approach, this study interviewed 14 …

People with disabilities are sometimes described as an invisible minority group, one that
frequently encounters ableism in the course of daily life. Ableism entails biased ideas and …

Negative perceptions and attitudes toward persons with disabilities persist. These invisible
barriers serve to limit social interactions with persons with disabilities and fuel the reciprocity …

Disabled people, writers on disability and disability activists stress the importance of
disabled people being included in all aspects of society. I argue that a major omission from …