Concept

Catagories of Microaggressions Faced by Women with disabilities

  • Second class citizenship: right to equal access is unreasonable or unjustified
  • Denial of personal identity: when someone overemphazises someones disability while activly disregarding other aspects of their identity.
  • denial of disability experience: when someone minimizes another persons experience with a disability
  • denial of privacy: when someone demands sensitive information or asks invasive personal questions regarding a disability.
  • assumption of helplessness: when people assume that PWD need extra help and assistance.
  • expectance of praise: when a person expects praise for doing something for a PWD
  • infantalization: treating a PWD like a child or that they need to be taken care of
  • desexualization: limiting and denying a persons sexuality or value as a romantic partner.

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Updated 2026-02-22

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