A new research article published in the Disability and Society Journal, Taylor and Francis, has introduced a new model for understanding disabilities and disabled people. According to the research article, the Bad belle model of disabilities can be used to understand how disabilities and disabled people are framed in cinema and certain cultures where the model finds relevance. The study which focused on one of the largest cinemas in the world, Nollywood, underscores how the bad belle model promotes disability shame and is antithetical to works in disability advocacy and critical disability study. You can read the research here.
This is such an amazing research!