RPG disadvantages and disability

I read Ablism in RPG Gameplay and I wish to disagree with it. It talks about the interesting area of roleplay games character creation mechanics and ablism. Many RPGs have a points based character creation system where disadvantages are worth minus points, advantages are worth plus points, and you have a set amount of points available for a finished character. But the linked article doesn't, far as I can see, sit down and define ablism for you, so when it says "This is where the ableism is so thick you shouldn’t be able ignore it." you are left to spot it for yourself. So I tried to logic what their working definition was, and got puzzled.
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So is the disadvantages/advantages system ablist? Really, really no.

Unless you play it that way.