i Register
In some senses, ableness is marked as archaic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Ability of body or mind.
[…]not that we are ſufficient of oure ſelues to thynke eny thinge, as of oure ſelues, but oure ableneſſe commeth of God,[…]
[…] in ſtead of a brother ſhe [Empress Matilda] had a ſonne grew vp to be of more eſtimatiõ with the Nobilitie, and ſhortly after of ablenes to vndergo the trauailes of warre.
The degree to which one is abled or disabled.
In academic discourse, hybridity is out; intersectionality is in. People are imagined as the sum of their race, gender, sexuality, ableness, and other identities.
The card's release is presented as part of a broader effort to demonstrate that inclusiveness, and addressing discrimination across race, sex or degrees of ableness isn't just a social marketing good—it's good for business.
Something one is able to do.
For [Peter] Morriss abilities are the capacities we have which we may use under particular conditions (power in a generic sense). Ablenesses are the abilities when those particular conditions obtain (power in a particular sense).