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Imagine a world where disability is included

A young person with light skin tone and medium brown hair. She is using a wheelchair and writing on her laptop. A thought bubble appears above her head, featuring a character in a wheelchair and a dragon.
Boy with medium skin tone and dark hair, wearing a backpack and holding up an x-ray of a hand.
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A future beyond your wildest dreams

A boy with medium skin tone and dark hair, wearing a backpack and holding up an x-ray of a hand. He is standing on a cut-out image of a moon with a blue robot sitting next to him.

Imagine Rehan as a doctor in space.

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A young person with light skin tone and medium brown hair. She is using a wheelchair and writing on her laptop. A thought bubble appears above her head, featuring a character in a wheelchair and a dragon.

Imagine Yemina’s novels on the best seller list.

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A boy with dark skin tone in a wheelchair, behind the wheel of a red bus.

Imagine Carson in the driver’s seat.

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A child with light skin tone and blonde hair using a wheelchair on an accessible swing at the playground. She is waving her arms in the air. She is next to her mother, who has light skin tone and brown hair. She is wearing an orange shirt and black pants.

Imagine Amelia and Kelsey making more playground memories.

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Holland Bloorview imagines the future

An adult with light skin tone and curly grey and white hair. She is wearing a blue t-shirt and standing in front of a wall covered in hanging plants.

Imagine a workforce where disability is embraced.

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An adult with medium skin tone and long grey-white hair tied back in a pony tail. He is wearing glasses, a blue tie and a white dress shirt.

Imagine a world where disability is heard.

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A woman with medium-dark skin tone, long black hair and a white t-shirt. She is standing in front of a wall decorated with hanging plants.

Imagine inclusive and empowering care.

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An adult with light skin tone and short brown hair. He is wearing glasses, a white dress shirt and a blue suit jacket. He is standing in front of the accessible slides and swings on the playground at Holland Bloorview.

Imagine a world where everyone can play.

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Girl in a wheelchair playing the xylophone with a woman playing the guitar

What is ableism?

Ableism is discrimination towards someone based on their abilities, favouring those who do not have a disability and seeing less value in those that do. Ableism creates stigma where people with disabilities are seen as being less worthy of respect and consideration, less able to contribute or participate, or of less value than others. It can be reflected in actions, words, behaviours and accessibility issues.

Visit our Dear Everybody resource hub to learn more about ableism and how you can take action