Investigate images of individuals with disabilities in the popular media while drawing upon your learning in the course. Students will watch a full-length movie, DVD or video (produced for movie theatres or television), or a book, which includes at least one character with an identifiable disability (visible or invisible).
Students will explore the social constructions of disability represented in the selected media, analyzing
the key themes that emerged in context of the disability, while examining the interaction between
characters and assumptions. Consider the following questions to help develop your analysis and
critique.
1. How was the disability represented?
2. Did the representation appear to be realistic or did it reinforce a stereotypical portrayal of a
person with a disability? If so, how?
3. How did the disability affect body image and self-perception?
4. How did the person react or cope with the disability?
5. How did others view the individual?
6. What were the relationships between the person with the disability and others?
7. What barriers were encountered and what supports were available?
8. What was the “theme” of the movie and did it address disability issues in any substantive
way?
9. Contextualize the movie in terms of approaches to disability, what type of model does it
represent?
10. What connections emerged between the key themes?
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