Rejection is always upsetting, but being devalued and rejected because one has a stigmatized identity is particularly distressing and undermines trust.
People vary greatly in the degree to which they focus on the possibility of being stereotyped. Such stigma consciousness has consequences that could loom large in people’s daily lives.
Jordan Rubin-McGregor is a second-year graduate student at Miami University. Her research focuses on the impacts of ableism on disabled people, and the role of protective factors in promoting resilience against disability stigma.