Media Representation of Disabled People

Introduction to Media and its relationship with disability
 
This website has been developed to look at the Media's relationship with disability. It is hoped that this site will give the reader a critical understanding of the complexities that surround this relationship specifically looking at the following elements:

• Overview of the media: what do we mean by media? A brief history of the Media and a critical analysis of Media representation of disabled people
• Super heroes and the tragic
• The role of charities in the continued oppression of the disabled community
• The parents of disabled people and the public's perception of disability as influenced through the media
• The media's relationship to hidden impairments: the social barriers and ethical issues that surround hidden impairments