Imani Barbarin looks at the way Kodi Lee, a disabled contestant on America's Got Talent, was treated to talk about the broader issues of how disabled people are treated. She makes the point that disabled people are not there to be inspiration porn…
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…
Imani Barbarin discusses the greater trend of performative allyship that permeates the abled world. She argues that allies that are only allies when they have nothing to lose, but fail to be allies when they can gain from the oppression of disabled…
Ashley Eakin, a disabled writer and director, speaks about her experiences as a disabled person in filmmaking spaces, and about becoming more comfortable with being disabled. She particularly highlights how the lack of representation, as well as the…
Charlie Swinbourne examines the access that disabled people have to the media itself. He argues that disabled people, specifically Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, are blocked from actually attending movies by the lack of captioning available for…
An interview with actor, director, producer, writer, musician, public speaker and comedian, Daryl Mitchell about how he got his disability and how it affected his work and outlook on life.
Lauren Appelbaum discusses Deaf actress Shaylee Mansfield, who addresses representation and how the hearing world views her and her experience. She also delves into Mansfield's most recent appearance on screen, in Netflix's Feel the Beat, and how the…
Scott Jordan Harris looks at the way disability is treated in memes on the internet. In some cases, it is mocked and treated as though it is fake or unworthy of basic respect. In other cases, disability is used as what's called "inspiration porn" to…
Christopher Shinn discusses how, despite a resurgence of disability themed media, actual disabled people have not had much self-representation. Disabled roles are played by abled actors, shutting out disabled actors from the chance to represent…
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…