Lauren Appelbaum looks at the Disney Jr. show, Fancy Nancy, and its autism episode. Appelbaum expresses especially how glad she is to see that the autistic character is voiced by an actual autistic person, and that it treats the autism in a very real…
Erica Milsom gives an interview to RespectAbility discussing her journey to making the short "Loop" for Pixar. The short is a story about a non-verbal autistic girl and a new abled friend she makes . Milsom specifically talks about how she involved…
Ava Rigelhaupt, an autistic person, writes her reactions to the new Netflix reality series, Love on the Spectrum. Overall, she appreciated it's nuanced portrayal of autistic people and thought the team put a lot of thought into portraying them fairly…
Tatiana Lee writes about the newest season of Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy, which includes a disabled character. The new character is a wheelchair user and is voiced by wheelchair user Cassidy Huff. In the article as well as the interview that…
Lauren Appelbaum looks at the way a new TV show, featuring the characters from the popular franchise Madegascar, deals with disability. The show has a recurring chimpanzee character named Dave who is Deaf and communicates using ASL, as well as his…
Lauren Appelbaum praises the Academy Awards, often referred to as the Oscars, for it's new diversity requirements for the best picture nominees. Appelbaum believes that this is a big step forward for disabled representation, and is hopeful that more…
Lauren Appelbaum discusses the new Netflix show, All Together Now. The show includes two disabled supporting characters who are best friends with the main character. These characters canonically have the same disabilities as the actors who portray…
Entertainment Tonight interviewed actress Shoshannah Stern for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Stern talks about the ways that things have improved, but also about how much there's still left to do. The ADA is a…
Lauren Appelbaum presents the thoughts of Neil Jackson, a former attendee of the camp highlighted in Crip Camp. Jackson discusses how the unique way the camp was set up allowed for a radically different experience than most of the other available…
Lauren Appelbaum looks at the trends in the film and television industry as they relate to disability. There is a continuing upward trend in showing disability in family films, though the representation continues to be plagued with dangerous tropes…