Seriously as they treat issues of diversity around race, gender and sexual Organisations of all kinds – must start to treat disability representation as If the situation is to improve for representation ofĭisabled people in media, media organisations across the sector – as well as To represent disabled people in all their diversity, it will be essential toĮxpand that understanding and to incorporate a social model understanding. Understandings of disability, built exclusively on the medical model ofĭisability and with a narrow concept of what constitutes a disability. Many media organisations are still working on outdated Together some of the biggest names in media and advertising with leadingĭisability charities to look at how the representation of disabled peopleĪcross television, advertising and journalism can be improved. Partnership with Scope, Disability Rights UK, and ELVIS. Trust ran a Reframing Disability summit, sponsored by Channel 4 and in So, what needs to change, and how? In October 2019, Media Whether they’re a character in a story or a feature in a news report, Person’s life – but it is just one among many things that make a person, That’s not to say that a disability won’t play a large part in a Means the public’s understanding of disabled people is not just inaccurate but Passions, successes, failures, and everything else that makes a person. Of disabled people – their individual strengths, weaknesses, interests, But more than that, it misses out the huge diversity Firstly, it contributes to the idea that allĭisabilities, and all manifestations of disability, are exclusively medical,Īnd something to be treated. ‘individual’ about that person is lost in the report or story, and the personīecomes just a mechanism through which to talk about a medical condition. Even when talking about an individual, anything Issue with it! The issue with all these examples, however, is ultimately the In giving these examples I sound a little like GoldilocksĬomplaining about porridge – on the other hand, negative portrayals are bad,īut then when disabled people are portrayed as heroic and powerful, I also take Such shows exist precisely to teach and inform us aboutĬurrent affairs, and to tell a balanced story of what is going on in the world Īnd yet it is often the case that disabled peoples’ stories are often missed,Īnd where they are reported they are still presented as cause for pity, anger Noticeable in entertainment broadcasting, but the same also occurs in broadcast Pitiable and laughable, through to heroic and ‘special’. People – can be categorised as one of ten stereotypes, ranging from sinister, In the media – both fictional characters, and on-screen representation of real In 1991, Paul Hunt analysed that almost all disabled people Where disabled people are visible, it’s overwhelmingly in The following piece features in the ResponseSource Diversity in Journalism white paper, which can be downloaded here, and comes from Chris Pike, programme manager – Reframing Disability in News at the Media Trustĭisabled people are woefully under-represented in the media.
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