Ablenormativity

To illustrate: one example of the way in which ablenormativity exerts a withering pressure on the 'imagined possible futures' of disabled children lies in what Hans Reinders calls 'the presumption of suffering' of the disabled and those who care for them (Reinders, 2000, ch. 10).

Ablenormativity requires performing abledness and neurotypicality—apparent disability cannot be tolerated.

Ablenormativity, and ableism more broadly, are racialized in multiple ways.