The representation of disabled people in the media often resort to stereotypes. Explore how disability is represented and how new media.

The representation of disabled people in the media often resort to stereotypes. Explore how disability is represented and how new media.

Though disability issues are higher on the agenda than they have ever been, and the social model of disability is becoming widely accepted, disabled people are still affected by social barriers. There are stereotypes of disabled representation which is generalised, prejudicial label that a stigma is attached to a group or individual and often based on superstition and myth. Stereotyping negates a person’s individuality and humanity. Disabled people are looked upon with a diverse range of stereotypes such as; tragic, lazy, sinister or evil, pitiful and pathetic, laughable, as atmosphere, burden on society, object to violence, usually an outcast, stupid, funny, worthless being unable to do daily thing. They’re usually nonsexual; we often have a chip on our shoulder. Obviously these stereotypes bear little resemblance to the reality of disability. The film ‘My Left Foot’ set in 1980s and based on a true story of Christie Brown. Christy who has Cerebral Palsy fit many stereotypes as above. They use verbal, non-verbal, visual or oral this creates atmosphere and tension. We also sympathise with the disabled person and feel like helping. The Mise en scene in the first scene is a left foot and a keyboard you see the foot goes closer and grips the music record and plays the music and you see a man in a wheelchair you instantly feel wow he can do thing without help and the audience feels like helping and showing that is intelligent this is showing a visual appearance. When Christie gave a valentine card to the girl he like she returns it back. He feels he is rejected and not worth anything- Supper cripple. Another film ‘Avatar’ released in 2009. Jake the main character is recruited to travel to a fantasy world called Pandora in order to save Earth’s energy crisis. But he has to do this by becoming an “avatar”, a computer-generated blue species that can walk, run, jump, swim, climb; all things Jake can’t otherwise do. He has to save the world; in order to do this he simply cannot be disabled. This film show a guy who was disabled to see the world of having what he doesn’t have in reality, showing him a different prospective of life.
The most view older entertainment programme with disabled where

• A beatuiful mind (2001)
• Children of a lesser god (1986)
• Rain man (1988)
• Sesame Street (1969-present)
• Dumb and Dumber (1994)