[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ableism"

[Shapiro, Fred]

ableism (OED 1981)

1976 Sacramento Bee 12 Nov, A22/5 (Newspapers.com)  "I call it ableism," [Ed] Roberts says. That's when people look down on the handicapped and become particularly resentful when they have to take orders from one.

Fred Shapiro

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