The Effects of Media on Disability Rights
Representation, Responsibility, and Public Perception
The media we consume shapes the cultural perception of the disabilities it chooses to represent.Accurate and well-thought portrayals can challenge common stereotypes and foster a more inclusive society
"Disability representation encapsulates the portrayal of individuals with disabilities in various media formats, including television, film, news, and online content. It involves the depiction of the disability experience in a manner that is authentic, respectful, and devoid of stereotypes."
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-Rosarium Health
What counts as good vs bad disability representaion?
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Dehumanizes people with disabilty, makes them objects of pity
Features characters that are human not just their disability
Uses disability as a plot device for an able-bodied person/s story
Challenges stereotypes insted of reaffirming them
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Features actors with the disabilities they are portraying
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Uses able-bodied actors to portray disabilities they don't have
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Music by Sia
Music is a film produced and directed by pop-singer Sia about an high-needs autistic girl named Music (Maddie Ziegler) being placed in the care of her half-sister Zu (Kate Hudson), who is a newly sober drug dealer. The film markets itself as an inspirational tale of two sisters navigationg the world around them together.
What about Music could be seen as bad Disability representaion?
- This film garnered backlash when it was released due to it's highly ovensize and inacurate portrayal of a teen on the autistic spectrum.
- Maddie Ziegler, who played Music, is not an autistic person. Her performance fell into tired tropes and steroetypical exagerated expressions of autistic people
- Sia chose to work with Autism Speaks, an organization known to be harmful to those living with autism, meaning that there are treatment displayed in the movie that are dangerous in real life
- Frequent and encouraged use of restraint
Bad representation is dangerous
Physical restraint like this has caused the deaths of several autistic people, and is banned in 30 states because of this.
However, various reliable reserch disability orgs, such as Autistic Self Advocacy Network(ASAN) and CommunicationFirst have spoken out oabout how restraint is dangerous and its portrayal in the film is simply ablelist.
At three points in the film, Music is physically restrained by her caretakers when she wasn't being violent. This is portrayed as the correct thing to do whn this happens.
Sia did end up apologizing for this, but still defended her decision of casting an able-bodied actor as a way to "lovingly represent the community" as well as being an inspirational outlook for people from all walks of life.
"By not removing the restraint scenes or even providing a warning, those behind the movie are promoting a traumatizing and potentially deadly form of restraint that is illegal in over 30 US states. We provided several concrete recommendations aimed at protecting people who may be imperiled by this film. We are saddened that the MUSIC team does not appear willing to take even the most basic precautions to mitigate the likely harm and deep trauma the movie may cause many nonspeaking and autistic people."
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-Tauna Szymanski, Executive Director of CommunicationFIRST
Should disabled people be satistfied with any representation?
Does fictional media have an impact on real life advocacy?
Fictional Media Impacts Public Thought
- Majority of disabled representation we have infantilizes or uses these people as inspiration porn for able-bodied people
- Able-bodied people don't leave the theatre thinking about how to be more tolerant, rather they're just grateful that they don't have a disability themselves
- Limiting disabled people to objects in media, dehumanizes them in real life, sometimes to the point of fear-mongering around those disabilities
There is currently the notion being spread that Tylenol causes Autism
How can we prevent future harmful portrayals of disability?
We can...
Cast more disabled actors. "An estimated 95% of roles representing disabled characters are played by actors without disabilities"(Rosarium Health)
Decenter the neurotypical or able-bodied view in favor of highlighting authentic disabled experiences
Having more disabled people in the writers room, the production table, and the critics community.
Good disability representaion exists, and it can continue to grow. However, we as a society, and able-bodied people have to view this representation not as an inspiration message, but as real stories with real life PEOPLE behind it.
Thank You!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928
https://autisticadvocacy.org/2021/02/disability-organizations-music-is-dangerous/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sia/music-review https://www.filmink.com.au/difference-disability-greatest-showman/ https://www.rosariumhealth.com/blog/importance-of-disability-representation-in-media https://paraquad.org/blog/5-positive-depictions-of-disability-in-the-media
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https://time.com/5942094/sia-music-disability-representation/ https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/sia-movie-music-autism-golden-globes-review.html
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-responds-evidence-possible-association-between-autism-and-acetaminophen-use-during-pregnancy
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The Effects of Media on Disability Rights
Representation, Responsibility, and Public Perception
The media we consume shapes the cultural perception of the disabilities it chooses to represent.Accurate and well-thought portrayals can challenge common stereotypes and foster a more inclusive society
"Disability representation encapsulates the portrayal of individuals with disabilities in various media formats, including television, film, news, and online content. It involves the depiction of the disability experience in a manner that is authentic, respectful, and devoid of stereotypes."
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
-Rosarium Health
What counts as good vs bad disability representaion?
Bad Rep
Good Rep
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Dehumanizes people with disabilty, makes them objects of pity
Features characters that are human not just their disability
Uses disability as a plot device for an able-bodied person/s story
Challenges stereotypes insted of reaffirming them
Title
Features actors with the disabilities they are portraying
Title
Uses able-bodied actors to portray disabilities they don't have
Write a brief description here
Write a brief description here
Music by Sia
Music is a film produced and directed by pop-singer Sia about an high-needs autistic girl named Music (Maddie Ziegler) being placed in the care of her half-sister Zu (Kate Hudson), who is a newly sober drug dealer. The film markets itself as an inspirational tale of two sisters navigationg the world around them together.
What about Music could be seen as bad Disability representaion?
Bad representation is dangerous
Physical restraint like this has caused the deaths of several autistic people, and is banned in 30 states because of this.
However, various reliable reserch disability orgs, such as Autistic Self Advocacy Network(ASAN) and CommunicationFirst have spoken out oabout how restraint is dangerous and its portrayal in the film is simply ablelist.
At three points in the film, Music is physically restrained by her caretakers when she wasn't being violent. This is portrayed as the correct thing to do whn this happens.
Sia did end up apologizing for this, but still defended her decision of casting an able-bodied actor as a way to "lovingly represent the community" as well as being an inspirational outlook for people from all walks of life.
"By not removing the restraint scenes or even providing a warning, those behind the movie are promoting a traumatizing and potentially deadly form of restraint that is illegal in over 30 US states. We provided several concrete recommendations aimed at protecting people who may be imperiled by this film. We are saddened that the MUSIC team does not appear willing to take even the most basic precautions to mitigate the likely harm and deep trauma the movie may cause many nonspeaking and autistic people."
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
-Tauna Szymanski, Executive Director of CommunicationFIRST
Should disabled people be satistfied with any representation?
Does fictional media have an impact on real life advocacy?
Fictional Media Impacts Public Thought
There is currently the notion being spread that Tylenol causes Autism
How can we prevent future harmful portrayals of disability?
We can...
Cast more disabled actors. "An estimated 95% of roles representing disabled characters are played by actors without disabilities"(Rosarium Health)
Decenter the neurotypical or able-bodied view in favor of highlighting authentic disabled experiences
Having more disabled people in the writers room, the production table, and the critics community.
Good disability representaion exists, and it can continue to grow. However, we as a society, and able-bodied people have to view this representation not as an inspiration message, but as real stories with real life PEOPLE behind it.
Thank You!
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928 https://autisticadvocacy.org/2021/02/disability-organizations-music-is-dangerous/ https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sia/music-review https://www.filmink.com.au/difference-disability-greatest-showman/ https://www.rosariumhealth.com/blog/importance-of-disability-representation-in-media https://paraquad.org/blog/5-positive-depictions-of-disability-in-the-media
Sources
https://time.com/5942094/sia-music-disability-representation/ https://slate.com/culture/2021/02/sia-movie-music-autism-golden-globes-review.html https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-responds-evidence-possible-association-between-autism-and-acetaminophen-use-during-pregnancy
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the information we process comes through the view
'Including citations always reinforces our presentation. Breaks the monotony'
- Always cite the author
With Extras
Visual
WOW Effect
Animated
Interactive
Genially
Ingenuity
Amazing
Design
Dynamic
Magic
Creativity
Very WOW
Step 4
Step 2
Step 5
Step 3
Step 1
Facilitatelearning
Communicate ina concise manner
Motivate the audience
Surprise youraudience
Design howto visualize it
Plan thecontent
Text + icons
Create experiences with your content
It has a WOW effect. Very WOW.
Measure results and experiment
Engage and surprise your audience
It is organized, hierarchical, and structured
Make your audience remember the message
25%
Leave your audience speechless with interactivity.
75%
You can add text, emojis, GIFs, videos, tables, and much more.
Insert a great video for your presentation and use this space to describe it. Multimedia content is essential in a presentation to leave everyone speechless. Additionally, this way you will summarize the content and entertain your audience.
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