Argument for the adoption of the term 'ableism' as a label and as a strategy for moving towards a social justice model of disability - analogy with the terms 'sexism' and 'racism' - recognition that it is the responsibility of all people to remove barriers to inclusion and that society should adopt 'universal design' to reduce unnecessary barriers to full rights for disabled persons - operation of anti-discrimination legislation in relation to disabled people.
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