Ableist Microaggressions, Disability Characteristics, and Nondominant Identities.

Autor: Deroche, Melissa D., Ong, Lee Za, Cook, Jennifer M.
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Zdroj: Professional Counselor; 2023, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p404-417, 14p
Abstrakt: Microaggressions are commonplace overt and covert forms of discrimination that convey disparaging messages to individuals who hold marginalized identities, including people with disabilities (PWD). Although PWD are a prevalent nondominant identity group in the United States, little is known about the occurrence of ableist microaggressions in this culturally diverse community, including how ableist microaggressions are experienced based on disability characteristics and other nondominant identities. A sample consisting of 201 PWD completed an electronic survey that examined the occurrence of ableist microaggressions based on visibility of disability, type of disability, and nondominant sociocultural identities. We found that PWD have a moderate level of lifetime occurrences with ableist microaggressions, the visibility of disability impacts the occurrence of ableist microaggressions and the types of ableist microaggressions experienced, and sociocultural identities may predict minimization types of ableist microaggressions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index