To: "'distexters@yahoogroups.com'" <distexters@yahoogroups.com>
From: Jennifer Brouillard <jbrouillard@...>
Date sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:02:22 -0400
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Subject: RE: [DisTexters] Kym questions the existance of ablism

> Remember on Whoosh when Thelonius said he did not know what "ablism" was and
> doubted whether it was a word?

Yep.

> I don't think people would know the meaning,
> so I think Kym's suggestion is a good one.

We already provided a definition!

> Even my unabridged dictionary
> doesn't contain the word. (Yet it does contain a dictionary definition for
> "homophobia".)

I suppose it would depend to an extent on when it was written.
Really old dictionaries don't have either, more recent ones would
mention homophobia, and recent ones (perhaps more recent than
the ADA) would have both.

> Jenn

Andjam