By Chally on 11 March, 2010
Also see: Davros, Daleks, and Disability and Bloody Torchwood.
Contains minor spoilers for Doctor Who from “Voyage of the Damned” through to “The Next Doctor”.
I’ve been compiling a list of all the characters who are wheelchair users in New Who. For everyone who has no earthly idea what I’m talking about, I’m referring to British television [...]
Posted in representations, television | Tagged disabled characters, doctor who, wheelchair users
By Chally on 3 January, 2010
Beyond Words is an Australian short thriller directed by Armand De Saint-Salvy, one of 16 finalists for Tropfest 2009. (Tropfest is the world’s largest short film festival, involving more than 600 filmmakers each year!)
The two main, unnamed characters in the film are a deaf woman1 (Charlotte Gregg) and a blind man (Gyton Grantley). The film [...]
Posted in creative work, media and pop culture, representations | Tagged disabled characters, film reviews, media and pop culture, movies
By Chally on 23 December, 2009
Contains spoilers for A Darkling Plain, so be warned!
I’ve just finished up Philip Reeve’s Hungry Cities books. They’re really good, and I’d recommend them to any young adults reading, or anyone else who is into YA. Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain are full of complex female characters in a well-realised [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged books, disabled characters, media and pop culture, pop culture, young adult books
By meloukhia 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 piece. [...]
Posted in media and pop culture | Tagged actors with disabilities, characters with disabilities, disabled actors, disabled characters, movies, television
By Anna on 23 October, 2009
Recommended reading for October 23, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged autism, blog carnival, disabled characters, epilepsy, intersectionality, racism
By amandaw on 23 October, 2009
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog.)
I wrote this yesterday in an extreme fog and do not have the spoons to rework and polish it. Apologies for the brainspill, but these days it’s the only option I have.
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For background, see Ouyang Dan’s post on the problematic aspects of the TV show House. Don’t tell me that people [...]
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