It's that time of year again, where we celebrate disability and all the positives and good things about having a disability. July is disability pride month where we share the love and pride of our disabilities and what it means to live with a disability. Allowing us to celebrate the positives of disability and breaking… Continue reading Disability Pride Month – Disability should not be seen as a bad thing, or a bad word!
Tag: Disability acceptance
Disability Pride Month!
At the beginning of July I discovered that July was disability pride month, but had never heard of this before. I got rather excited as I'd wanted something like this for many years now. I wanted a whole month dedicated to celebrating, advocating and talking about disability in the same way other marginalised group have.… Continue reading Disability Pride Month!
Bringing disability to TV with promises of better portrayal of disabled people! But will they deliver?
The BBC have made promises of more inclusion of disabled people and want to make their shows more diverse, with the disabled community in mind. Planning to make their shows with disability more authentic and distinctive, in the hopes of moving away from ableism and heading in the right direction.
Looking At Both Sides of The Coin, With Disabled and Able Bodied actors playing Disabled Characters!
In this article we look at weather playing disabled characters should be restricted only to disabled actors, and why I think it's more complicated than that.
An exploration of discrimination, and stereotypes in the entertainment world and disabled characters in books!
An introduction to a mini series of blogs in relation to disability in books, films, and the entertainment industry. And a look at discrimination towards disability in different forms of media!
Under My Umbrella!! 