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title: ableism
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# ableism

[**Ableism**](https://www.scarleteen.com/read/glossary#A) is the false belief that able-bodied people are normal or superior. This usually appears by way of bias or discrimination against people with disabilities. It can take the form of negative beliefs or actions against people with disabilities or individual, structural, or institutional favoring of able people.

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