Promoting the rights of people with disabilities through the media
About Disabilities in Media
This project creates awareness on how disabled people are portrayed in the media.
One of the ways disabilities in media advocate for positive disability identity and making of disabilities an integrable difference in an ablest world is through giving space and voice to people with disabilities to share their stories and lived experiences, contribute to advocacy projects and be a part of advocacy campaigns.
This website supports the agential rights of people with disabilities to tell their stories in a way that informs the media.
Resources and Information
Supporting the inclusion and positive identity of people with disabilities using workshops and trainings
Resources
Read and download toolkit for
portraying people with disabilities in films.
Consultancy
Join workshops and trainings on communicating disabilities in a way that supports inclusion and positive disability identity.
Partnerships
Disabilities in media partners with filmmakers, disability charities, researchers, and academics to create better awareness and education.
News and Events
Share your stories and get the latest updates
This project gives space and voice to people with disabilities to share their stories and lived experiences. This also includes:
- Contributing to advocacy projects
- Being part of campaigns
- Keeping the media accountable
Read the Latest Update
New Research Investigates Tokenism in the Hiring of Deaf Disabled People in UK Media.
A new research that centres the experiences of Deaf film and TV professionals in the UK has found that deaf film and TV professionals are …
