The Politics of Ableism and Support for Disability Policy

• In Event: Disability Identity, Ableism, and Public Opinion

Brief Overview

Our study is one of the first to construct and validate measures of disability discrimination (ableism) on public opinion surveys. We connect ableism to politically salient characteristics and to support for disability policy.

Authors

• Rachel M Blum, University of Oklahoma

• Monica C Schneider, Miami University-Oxford