sanism
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Noun[edit]
sanism (uncountable)
- Discrimination and oppression against people who have, or who are labelled or perceived as having, a mental illness.
References[edit]
- Sanism and the ADA: Thinking About Attitudes, By Michael Perlin (Abstract), by National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, 2003.
- Michael L. Perlin, Things Have Changed: Looking at Non-institutional Mental Disability Law Through the Sanism Filter, 46 New York Law School Review 535,539 (2002-2003).
