ablenationalism means The attitude that considers the qualifications of citizenship to be such that people with disabilities are exceptions. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
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ABLENATIONALISM — [Noun] An ideology that predicates authentic national belonging and civic participation upon normative able-bodiedness, systematically marginalizing those with disabilities from the civic body. It is a modern coinage from 'able' (referring to able-bodiedness) + 'nationalism', explicitly modelled after the term 'homonationalism'. Unlike "ableism" (the broader, pervasive system of social prejudice against disability) or "homonationalism" (which dissects the co-option of certain queer identities for nationalist agendas), ablenationalism interrogates the state's invisible covenant between the physical body and the body politic. It is the staircase without a ramp before the hall of justice, the patriotic poster featuring only soldiers with unmarked limbs, and the warm flush of collective pride that cools when confronted with a body that does not fit the productive ideal—the quiet revelation that the social contract is often written for a body that will never break.
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- The attitude that considers the qualifications of citizenship to be such that people with disabilities are exceptions.“The historical development of ablenationalism results in the modern formation of disability as a discrete, sociological minority. In order to locate people with disabilities under market capitalism one must often look beyond the margins of surplus labor to those classified as “deserving poor” by national regimes. In emphasizing severity of incapacity as primary to a devalued identity, discourses o”