Aversive disablism: subtle prejudice toward disabled people

By M. Deal. 2007

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Perceptions of Discrimination and Justice Among Employees with Disabilities (2010, background): “As a result, in the modern workplace, a majority of discrimination is likely to be of a subtle nature (Deal 2007).”
The path of least resistance: a voice‐relational analysis of disabled students’ experiences of discrimination in English universities (2011, background): “For example, the psycho‐emotional dimension of disability (Reeve 2002 ), internalised oppression (Mason 1990 ), extra visibility (Goode 2007 ), aversive disablism (Deal 2007 ) are all concepts that I have read about in the literature, then witnessed through students’ testimonies and which have c”
Implicit Attitudes and Discrimination Against People with Physical Disabilities (2011, unknown): “Thus, contemporary bias against people with physical disabilities appears to reflect “aversive disablism” (Deal, 2007), which is often unintentional, unrecognized, and personally denied.”