# Ambivalid

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**Created:** [November 10, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174 "2015-11-10T08:33:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/109 "2015-11-10T22:28:09Z")

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> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> If “assuming that someone in a wheelchair needs 24/7 care” is bigotry, the word has lost all meaning.

It’s probably a pretty minor form of bigotry, but I think it qualifies. It’s prejudging someone, in a negative way (by assuming that they can’t take care of themselves), based on some physical characteristic.

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