abledness

English

Etymology

From abled +‎ -ness.

Noun

abledness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being abled (not disabled).

   Antonym: disabledness

   • 2014, Zeus Leonardo, “Unveiling Women in Higher Education: Scholars of Color and Double COonsciousness”, in George Yancy, Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, editors, Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms: Scholars of Color Reflect, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 129–130:

     The editors sum up their observations of women of color's position in the academy as those who are 'presumed incompetent," speaking to the racialization of relations of "ability" and the assumed abledness of whiteness.

Related terms

• ability
• ableism
• ableness
• disableness