Ableism & Disability Discrimination

Articles & Opinion

Definition of Intersectionality, Nicki Lisa Cole, https://www.thoughtco.com/intersectionality-definition-3026353

Intersectionality: When Identities Converge, Catalyst, https://www.catalyst.org/research/intersectionality-when-identities-converge/

She Coined the Term 'Intersectionality' Over Thirty Years Ago. Here's What It Means to Her Today, Katy Steinmetz, https://time.com/5786710/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality/

The Intersectionality Wars, Jane Coaston, https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

Understanding Intersectional Identities, Joe Kort, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-the-erotic-code/201906/understanding-intersectional-identities

Blogs & Newsletters

6 Ways to Fight Ableism in 2021, https://enablingdevices.com/blog/six-ways-to-fight-ableism-in-2021/

#Ableism, https://www.cdrnys.org/blog/uncategorized/ableism/

Losing Friends to Ableism, https://blog.easterseals.com/losing-friends-to-ableism/

Violent Ableism: A Structural Epidemic, https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/tag/ableism/

Books

Ableism: the Causes and Consequences of DIsability Prejudice, Michelle R. Nario-Redmond

Bodies in Commotion, Carrie Sandahl and Philip Auslander

Disability Across the Developmental Life Span, Julie Smart

Disability Harassment, Mark C. Weber

Disability, Human Rights, and the Limits of Humanitarianism, Michael Gill and Cathy J. Schlund-Vials

Disability Studies: Educating for Inclusion, Tim Corcoran, Julie White, Ben Whitburn Editors

Extraordinary Bodies, Rosemarie Garla Thomson

Undoing Ableism, Susan Baglieri, Priya Lalvani

We Can't Talk About THAT at Work!, Mary-Frances Winters

Documentaries

9/11 Fear in Silence, Jade Bryan Director

Crip Camp, https://cripcamp.com

Unrest, Jen Brea Director

Vision Portraits, Rodney Evans Director

When I Walk, Jason DaSilva Director

Who Am I to Stop It? Cheryl Green and Cynthia Lopez, Directors

Exercises

Ableism, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/readingsfordiversity/ableism.php

Learning for Justice, https://www.learningforjustice.org/topics

Teaching Peoples' Histories, Zinn Education Project, https://www.zinnedproject.org/teaching-materials/explore-by-theme

Movies & Television

Gattaca, Andrew Niccol Director

I Am Sam, Jessie Nelson Director

The Elephant Man, David Lynch Director

The Fundamentals of Caring, Rob Burnett Director

The Theory of Everything, James Marsh Director

Other Resources, Studies, and Guides

Ableism 101, University of Arizona, https://drc.arizona.edu/cultural-center/ableism-101-part-one-what-ableism-what-disability

Podcasts

Five Things to Know About the Americans With Disabilities Act, Pantsuit Politics, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-diversify-your-network/id1528595881?i=1000489832981?i=1000489832981

Ted Talks

Ableism and Sanism, Joel Owens, https://www.ted.com/talks/ableism_and_sanism_the_conversation_we_haven_t_had

Confronting Ableism, Brendan Campbell, https://www.ted.com/talks/brendan_campbell_confronting_ableism

Overcoming Ableism: What You Don't Know as an Able Bodied Person, Naty Rico, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1xnyVCBYNQ

Purposeful Steps Away from Ableism, Alyson Seale, https://www.ted.com/talks/alyson_seale_purposeful_steps_away_from_ableism

The Discrimination You've Never Heard of, Alan Raskin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEsw3qvpS9g

Training Materials

Websites

Anti-Oppression: Anti-Ableism, Simmons University, https://simmons.libguides.com/anti-oppression/anti-ableism

Othering and Belonging Institute, Berkeley, https://belonging.berkeley.edu/