OWLCafé | Crying Foul
"Ageism is discrimination or unfair treatment based on a person’s age. It can impact on someone’s confidence, job prospects, financial situation and quality of life. It can also include the way that age grpups are represented in the media, which can have a wider impact on the public’s attitudes."
In General
Top Reasons to Fight Age Discrimination (Ageism)
Fighting Ageism from American Psychological Association
Medicine
World Health Organization Age is one of the first things we notice about other people.
Combating Ageism in Care Circles: Altering Perceptions
Ageism in Medicine Needs to End Doctor Says
Employment
More Firms Bow to Generation Y's Demands
Even though aging is hard-wired into our DNA we persist in thinking of aging as if it was a technical problem. Dr. Bill Thomas - Expert geriatrician, the founder of The Eden Alternative and The Green House Project
ism
noun informal derogatory
noun: ism; plural noun: isms
a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy, typically a political ideology or an artistic movement.
“America isn't breaking apart at the seams. The American dream isn't dying. Our new racial and ethnic complexion hasn't triggered massive outbreaks of intolerance. Our generations aren't at each other's throats. They're living more interdependently than at any time in recent memory, because that turns out to be a good coping strategy in hard times. Our nation faces huge challenges, no doubt. So do the rest of the world's aging economic powers. If you had to pick a nation with the right stuff to ride out the coming demographic storm, you'd be crazy not to choose America, warts and all.” ― Pew Research Center, The Next America: Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
“Discrimination on the basis of age is as unacceptable as discrimination on the basis of any other aspect of ourselves that we cannot change.” ― Ashton Applewhite, This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism