By s.e. smith on 6 December, 2010
Pity Jeannette Catsoulis. This poor New York Times film critic recently faced quite a conundrum when she was sent out to review Me, Too, written and directed by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro. I’ll let her tell you about it: Fiction films with disability as a central theme (especially those that feature disabled actors) are [...]
Posted in creative work, media and pop culture | Tagged criticism, disabled actors, film
By s.e. smith on 1 December, 2010
Happy Wednesday, y’all! I can’t believe the (Gregorian) year is almost over. Here are some things I’ve read lately and found interesting; the usual caveats re:comments sections, etc. apply! Photo of a protester at an ADAPT action taken by Flickr user sissyboystud, creative commons license. C.L. Minou on The Guardian: Comment is free: Trans people [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged comedy, deinstitutionalisation, disabled actors, environmental health, health care, humour, oil spill, pollution, social attitudes, transgender, United Kingdom
By s.e. smith on 22 September, 2010
Here in the United States, the 2010/2011 television schedule is kicking off, and my mind naturally turns to representation for people with disabilities. I decided to compile a list of actors with disabilities playing characters with disabilities. This list is not necessarily complete; there are probably characters and shows I am forgetting about and unaware [...]
Posted in 101, creative work, media and pop culture, television | Tagged CSI, depictions of disability, disabled actors, disabled characters, glee, Lie To Me, private practice, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
By s.e. smith on 29 July, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessible media, ADA, autism, autistic students, blind, bodies, collaborative notetaking, cripface, Deaf, disabled actors, disabled students, disabled youth, education, filmmaking, hearing loss, representations
By s.e. smith on 23 June, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged art, creative work, disabled actors, disabled students, education, mental health, Sign, signal boost
By s.e. smith on 15 May, 2010
Here in the United States, there’s a depiction of disability that airs on network television every Thursday night, on the Shonda Rimes show Private Practice. Rimes is probably better known for Grey’s Anatomy, a show which has won a lot of accolades1, not least for the ethnic diversity of its cast, but Private Practice is [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged disabled actors, disabled characters, private practice
By s.e. smith on 14 May, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged autism, disabled actors, disabled veterans, institutionalisation, mental health, mental illness, music, neurodiversity, pop culture, rape, sexual assault, veterans
By s.e. smith on 24 October, 2009
Crossposted at this ain’t livin’. I would like you to imagine that you are a film producer, or perhaps a television producer. You are making something, and you have decided that since an estimated 20% of the population consists of people with disabilities, that maybe there should be some people with disabilities in your finished [...]
Posted in media and pop culture | Tagged actors with disabilities, characters with disabilities, disabled actors, disabled characters, movies, television
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