As part of a post-doctoral plan of activities, Ms Ngozi Marion Emmanuel, a post-doc at the School of Media, Communication and Sociology, organised a workshop on Cinema as Protest, to advance some of the discussions from an initial workshop on “Films and the Rest of Us” and co-create a toolkit for portraying disabilities in films. […]
Over 60 people participated in the ESRC/IAA funded event on “Films and the Rest of Us,” a workshop on films and disability rights which was held as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science (FOSS) in November 2021 to discuss the impact and influence of films on disability inclusion and perception of disabilities within
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Disability misrepresentation in media is a pervasive problem that has far-reaching consequences for disabled people. Misrepresentations can take many forms, from stereotypical portrayals to outright erasure, and can perpetuate harmful myths and stereotypes that contribute to ableism and discrimination. One common form of disability misrepresentation is the use of able-bodied actors to play disabled characters.
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