[nabs-l] pop culture portrayals of disabilities

[Sarah Jevnikar]

I remember that one. I actually found it funny; it wasn't a "ha ha he's
blind and bumbling" as much as a "ha ha we've all done that - looked at one
half of a room and erroneously filled in the blanks about the rest". It was
told by a blind guy himself (Ryan Knighton) who I find rather engaging for
the most part. A transcript is below, if you'd rather not listen.
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/464/transcript
and the audio (there's both an imbedded player and a download link):
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/464/invisible-made-v
isible

Sarah


-----Original Message-----
From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
Sent: September 18, 2017 7:58 PM
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Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] pop culture portrayals of disabilities

Hi Sophie, and to anyone else for whom this could be of any interest, The
"comedy" I mentioned earlier is a podcast. It is on This American Life,
Episode 464 "Invisible Made Visible."
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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