Ableism is Discrimination Against Veterans

EXTRA-FOR THE VETEAN OF THE VETEAN SHARE OF THE DAY

Discrimination against Veterans is a problem.

Despite the fact that federal laws make this practice illegal in the workplace, discrimination against Veterans simply cannot be eliminated through laws. Make no mistake, there isn’t an undercurrent of anti-Veteran sentiment in America.

Rather the discrimination against Veterans, and especially discrimination against disabled Veterans, is due to an unconscious bias that exists in American society.

This bias exists in part because Veterans are biased themselves.

For Veterans, serving in the military often demands execution while they are sick, injured, and overwhelmed. However, most Veterans don’t see their valuable service as being “worthy” of the benefits they’ve earned.

Many Veterans have the false perspective that disability strictly means debilitating. They think of disability as a narrow set of attributes that they interpret negatively.

Discrimination against disabled Veterans, and by extension discrimination against Veterans, is the result.