Multimedia News Package
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The Media often ignores and overlooks the problems and issues facing disabled individuals today. Disabled People face a myriad of challenges in both society and their personal lives that the average able bodied individual does not think about. On this page, you can view my three-part media package, which includes an article, podcast and video. Learn about the media's lack of coverage and misrepresentation of the disabled and how that leads to continued issues in this community.
Article on The Media and The Disabled
The media often ignores the plethora of challenges the disabled community face by rarely reporting on them. This is also reflected in the misrepresentation of the disabled in popular media such as movies and television. In this article, I explore how the media's lack of coverage leads to continued issues for the disabled community.
Podcast on The Media and The Disabled
In this podcast, I speak with disabled artist, Brenna Ann, and explore the topic of the media's misrepresentation of disability as well as what the media fails to provide coverage on when it comes to the disabled community and the consequences of that lack of coverage.
Video on The Media
and The Disabled
In this video, I explore how the media reports on and portrays disabled people.