[nabs-l] pop culture portrayals of disabilities

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

A while back, a friend of mine showed me a bunch of what were supposed to be commedies and the first was related to blindness. Being sighted he found it funny, but I actually found it pretty upsetting. I can't recall the name but I'll ask him. But I remember that the idea was that there was a blind man who I believe was getting used to navigating his hotel room. When he had to wake up at night he got turned  around and walked to the wrong door. All of which would be totally understandable except that they mocked him by making it seem like it was really funny that he would go to the wrong door, and exaggerated the point so much that it was as if he was in a parallel world of some sort.
Good luck,
Vejas   

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 07:09, Sophie Trist via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear NABS friends,
> 
> Hope everyone's Monday is gejting off to a good start. Next month, I will be partnering with another student at my university to give a presentation on how pop culture portrayals of disabilities create stereotypes and form people's perceptions about us. I will be talking about portrayals of people with physical disabilities, while the other student will be talking about portrayals of mental disabilities. I have a few ideas (Daredevil, Need to Breathe), but if anyone knows of a relatively modern book/movie/TV show that portrays people with disabilities, your input would be super helpful. It can be blindness, deafness, people in wheelchairs, whatever.
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> Sophie Trist
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