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The Symbolic Intersecting Ableism and Racism Scale: A New Way to Examine Explicit Attitudes

The Symbolic Intersecting Ableism and Racism Scale: A New Way to Examine Explicit Attitudes

Posted on April 30, 2025

We developed and validated a new measure of explicit attitudes.

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Introducing the Intersecting Disability and Race Attitudes Implicit Association Test (IDRA-IAT)

Introducing the Intersecting Disability and Race Attitudes Implicit Association Test (IDRA-IAT)

Posted on April 10, 2025

This new tool examines intersecting implicit bias

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Racism Undermines Quality in Human Services

Racism Undermines Quality in Human Services

Posted on May 16, 2024

Racism influences the day-to-day in human services

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Many Disability Professionals Don’t Understand Ableism

Many Disability Professionals Don’t Understand Ableism

Posted on February 28, 2024

We examined what disability professionals knew about ableism

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Ableism and Modern Disability Attitudes: Book Chapter

Ableism and Modern Disability Attitudes: Book Chapter

Posted on February 14, 2024

The aim of this book chapter is to describe modern disability attitudes.

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Gender Career Stereotypes, Implicit Bias, and Occupational Therapy

Gender Career Stereotypes, Implicit Bias, and Occupational Therapy

Posted on November 1, 2023

We examined the unconscious attitudes of OT students

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Ableist Language & Disability Professionals: Differences in Language Based on Professionals’ Demographics

Ableist Language & Disability Professionals: Differences in Language Based on Professionals’ Demographics

Posted on September 6, 2023

We examined demographic differences in professionals’ use of language

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Ableist Language & Disability Professionals: Commonly Used Language

Ableist Language & Disability Professionals: Commonly Used Language

Posted on September 6, 2023

In this study we examined what ableist language disability professionals used and saw as problematic

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Most Disability Professionals are Ableist

Most Disability Professionals are Ableist

Posted on June 6, 2023

We examined disability professionals’ conscious and unconscious disability attitudes

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Ableism and Racism Hinder the Quality of Life of Black, Indigenous, People of Color with IDD

Ableism and Racism Hinder the Quality of Life of Black, Indigenous, People of Color with IDD

Posted on February 23, 2023

We examined the negative impact of ableism and racism on quality of life outcomes

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Ableism of Occupational and Physical Therapy Assistants

Ableism of Occupational and Physical Therapy Assistants

Posted on October 14, 2021

We examined the disability attitudes of occupational and physical therapy assistants.

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Anti-Fat Bias in Health Care

Anti-Fat Bias in Health Care

Posted on September 7, 2021

We examined the anti-fat biases of occupational and physical therapy assistants

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Ableism and The Americans with Disabilities Act

Ableism and The Americans with Disabilities Act

Posted on July 22, 2021

In this study, we examined the relationship between ableism and support for the ADA.

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Occupational Therapy Education: Impact on the Ableism of Students

Occupational Therapy Education: Impact on the Ableism of Students

Posted on July 7, 2021

We examined how students’ conscious and unconscious attitudes changed during their education

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The Relationship Between Ageism and Ableism

The Relationship Between Ageism and Ableism

Posted on March 23, 2021

We explored occupational therapy students' ageism, and how it is impacted by ableism.

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Sexism Contributes to Low Direct Support Professional (DSP) Wages

Sexism Contributes to Low Direct Support Professional (DSP) Wages

Posted on August 8, 2020

We examined the relationship between ableism, racism, and sexism, and DSP wages

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What is The Relationship Between Disability Employment and Ableism?

What is The Relationship Between Disability Employment and Ableism?

Posted on May 13, 2020

This study explores the impact disability prejudice has on disability employment rates

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Disability Attitudes of Health Care Providers

Disability Attitudes of Health Care Providers

Posted on March 30, 2020

We explored the conscious and unconscious disability attitudes of health care providers

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Occupational Therapy Students’ Disability Attitudes

Occupational Therapy Students’ Disability Attitudes

Posted on February 4, 2020

We explored occupational therapy students' understandings of, and attitudes about, disability

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Ableism, Racism, and Subminimum Wage

Ableism, Racism, and Subminimum Wage

Posted on January 13, 2020

This study examined how prejudice impacts subminimum wage across the United States

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