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Index Disability in the media

The depiction of disability in the media plays a major role in molding the public perception of disability.[1]

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  1. 85 relations: A Christmas Carol, A Quiet Place (film series), American Medical Association, American Sign Language, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Artie Abrams, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Autistic art, BBC, Beauty and the Beast (musical), Belle Gibson, Bridgerton, Catatonia, Channel 4, Channel 5 (British TV channel), CNN, Colin Firth, Crip Camp, David Lynch, Diane Arbus, Disability, Disability in the arts, Disability rights movement, Ed Turner (television executive), Euthanasia, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fantasy Island, Film series, Forrest Gump, George VI, Ghost (Marvel Comics), Glee (TV series), Hero, I Am Sam, Inclusion (disability rights), Inspiration porn, Invisible disability, James LeBrecht, Journalism, Judith Heumann, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Lex Frieden, M*A*S*H (TV series), Magical Negro, Maysoon Zayid, Medical model of disability, Michael J. Dowling (politician), Millicent Simmonds, Minnesota, ... Expand index (35 more) »

  2. Ableism
  3. Disability mass media
  4. Works about discrimination

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol.

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A Quiet Place (film series)

A Quiet Place is an American apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic horror media franchise centered on a series of films set in a world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with a heightened sense of hearing.

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American Medical Association

The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.

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American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a 2018 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope Pym / Wasp.

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Artie Abrams

Arthur "Artie" Abrams is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee portrayed as the "glue" of the glee club.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Autistic art

Autistic art is artwork created by autistic artists that captures or conveys a variety of autistic experiences.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Beauty and the Beast (musical)

Beauty and the Beast is a Disney stage musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton.

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Belle Gibson

Annabelle Natalie Gibson (born 8 October 1991) is an Australian convicted scammer and pseudoscience advocate.

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Bridgerton

Bridgerton is an American historical romance television series created by Chris Van Dusen for Netflix.

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Catatonia

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric behavioral syndrome that is characterized by abnormal movements, immobility, abnormal behaviors, and withdrawal.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Channel 5 (British TV channel)

Channel 5 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK and Australia division.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

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Colin Firth

Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer.

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Crip Camp

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a 2020 American documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht.

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David Lynch

David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician.

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Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971 by Patricia Bosworth, The New York Times, May 13, 1984. Accessed May 10, 2017) was an American photographer.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Disability in the arts

Disability in the arts is an aspect within various arts disciplines of inclusive practices involving disability.

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Disability rights movement

The disability rights movement is a global social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.

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Ed Turner (television executive)

Ed Turner (September 25, 1935March 30, 2002) was a CNN executive vice president and one of the first people Ted Turner hired in 1980 to help make his dream of a 24/7 news network a reality.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from lit: label + label) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.

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Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 American neo-noir supernatural horror thriller film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, René Auberjonois, and Raul Julia.

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Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene Levitt.

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Film series

A film series or movie series (also referred to as a film franchise or movie franchise) is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe, or are marketed as a series.

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Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Ghost (Marvel Comics)

Ghost is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Glee (TV series)

Glee (stylized as glee) is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox in the United States from May 19, 2009, to March 20, 2015.

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Hero

A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength.

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I Am Sam

I Am Sam (stylized in all lowercase) is a 2001 American drama film co-written and directed by Jessie Nelson.

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Inclusion (disability rights)

Inclusion, in relation to persons with disabilities, is defined as including individuals with disabilities in everyday activities and ensuring they have access to resources and opportunities in ways that are similar to their non-disabled peers.

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Inspiration porn

Inspiration porn is the objectification of people with disabilities as inspirations to able-bodied people on the basis of their life circumstances.

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Invisible disability

Invisible disabilities, also known as hidden disabilities or non-visible disabilities (NVDs), are disabilities that are not immediately apparent.

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James LeBrecht

James LeBrecht (born May 8, 1956) is a filmmaker, sound designer, and disability rights activist.

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Journalism

Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy.

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Judith Heumann

Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann (December 18, 1947March 4, 2023) was an American disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement".

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC.

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Lex Frieden

Lex Frieden (born March 5, 1949) is an American educator, researcher, disability policy expert and disability rights activist.

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M*A*S*H (TV series)

M*A*S*H (an acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American war comedy drama television series that aired on CBS from September 17, 1972, to February 28, 1983.

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Magical Negro

The Magical Negro is a trope in American cinema, television, and literature.

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Maysoon Zayid

Maysoon Zayid (ميسون زايد) is an American actress and comedian.

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Medical model of disability

The medical model of disability, or medical model, is based in a biomedical perception of disability.

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Michael J. Dowling (politician)

Michael John "M.J." Dowling (February 17, 1866 – April 25, 1921) was a Minnesota Republican politician and Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

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Millicent Simmonds

Millicent Simmonds (born March 6, 2003) is a deaf American actress who starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place and its 2020 sequel A Quiet Place Part II.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Mulholland Drive (film)

Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist mystery film written and directed by David Lynch, and starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino and Robert Forster.

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National Center on Disability and Journalism

The National Center on Disability and Journalism (NCDJ) provides resources and support to journalists and communications professionals covering disability issues. Disability in the media and National Center on Disability and Journalism are disability mass media.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Paraplegia

Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities.

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Piss On Pity

"Piss On Pity" is a rallying cry for those in the disability-inclusive circles of world politics.

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Pity

Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others.

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Podcast

A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet.

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Polio

Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Political demonstration

A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.

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Radio program

A radio program, radio programme, or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio.

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Radio reading service

A radio reading service or reading service for the blind is a public service of many universities, community groups and public radio stations, where a narrator reads books, newspapers and magazines aloud for the benefit of the blind and vision-impaired.

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Rain Man

Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.

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Regé-Jean Page

Regé-Jean Page (born (27 April 1988) is a British actor. He appeared in the series Waterloo Road (2015) on BBC One, Roots (2016) on History, and For the People (2018–2019) on ABC before becoming known for his role in the first season of the Netflix's Bridgerton (2020). He has since had roles in the action film The Gray Man (2022), also on Netflix, and the fantasy film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).

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SABC

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations (AM/FM) as well as six television broadcasts to the general public.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by reoccurring episodes of psychosis that are correlated with a general misperception of reality.

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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is American legislation that guarantees certain rights to people with disabilities.

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Shell shock

Shell shock is a term that originated during World War I to describe the type of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many soldiers experienced during the war, before PTSD was officially recognized.

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The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Sign Language

South African Sign Language (SASL, Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal) is the primary sign language used by deaf people in South Africa.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author.

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Split (2016 American film)

Split is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley.

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Stella Young

Stella Jane Young (24 February 1982 – 6 December 2014) was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist.

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Telethon

A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause.

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The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars is a novel by John Green.

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

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The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon

The MDA Labor Day Telethon was an annual telethon held on (starting the night before and throughout) Labor Day in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

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The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Trope (literature)

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

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Wonder (film)

Wonder is a 2017 American coming-of-age family comedy-drama directed by Stephen Chbosky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Steven Conrad and Jack Thorne.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Ableism

Disability mass media

Works about discrimination

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disability_in_the_media

Also known as Media portrayal of disability, Media portrayal of disabled people, Media portrayals of disability.

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