Advertisers use "normal" people in their ads, people with disabilities are not portrayed in movies and on television, people focus on disability as being a tragedy to overcome, and people with psychiatric disabilities are pathologized as serial killers.What are these phenomena examples of?
A)abnormalities
B)ableism
C)accessibility
D)exploitation

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These phenomena are examples of ableism, which is discrimination and prejudice against people with disabilities. Advertisers using only "normal" people in their ads excludes and marginalizes people with disabilities. The lack of representation of people with disabilities in media perpetuates ableist attitudes and assumptions. Disability being seen as a tragedy to overcome reinforces the idea that disability is a negative deviation from the norm. And the portrayal of people with psychiatric disabilities as violent and dangerous perpetuates harmful stereotypes and stigmatization.

Advertisers Use "Normal" People in Their Ads, People with Disabilities