The most talented wheelchair basketball players in the world... and I haven't heard of them?!

Ableism Example #1

Wheelchair Basketball is a sport I wish I would hear more about on ESPN or other sport media sources. These athletes are so talented, and it is actually more exciting to watch than regular basketball because of the fast paced aggressiveness and almost acrobatic qualities of the sport. The only reasons these incredible world athletes are being talked about and made famous has to be their physical disability to actually run on their feet like the NBA does. Ableism like this is far more prevalent than people actually realize because we usually don't know what we are excluding from our major media and entertainment sources.