Notes: Representation - Disability

Common Views on Disabled People:

• Depends on the disability - more comfortable around physically disablled as opposed to mentally disablled
• Brave
• Sympathetic
• Awkwardess
• Feel sorry, but dont want to patronise
• Rely on others
• Tend to avoid them
• Easier to poke fun at rather than empathise with
• Dont know where to look
• Some embrace it
• Some play on it
• 'They' cant help it
• Dont know how to behave around 'them'

Famous Disabled People:

·         Stephen Hawking (wheel chair – Motor Neurone)

·         Heather Mills (1 Leg)

·         Gordon Brown (1 Eye)

·         Stevie Wonder (Blind)

·         Verne Toyer – Austin Powers (Dwarf)

·         Muhammad Ali (Parkinsons Disease)

·         Michael J. Fox (Parkinsons Disease)

·         Ian Dury (Polio)

·         Gary Coleman (Dwarf)

·         Albert Einstein (Autism)

·         Leonardo Da Vinci (Autism)

·         Terry Pratchett (Alzheimers)

·         Ray Charles (Blind)

·         Mozart (Deaf)

Films

·         Rainman – Dustin Hoffman

·         Forrest Gump – Tom Hanks

·         My Left Foot – Daniel Day

·         I am Sam – Sean Penn

·         Born on 4^th July – Tom Cruise

·         Water Boy – Adam Sandler

·         The Ringer – Johnny Knoxville

·         Unbreakable – Samuel L. Jackson

·         Million Dollar Baby – Hilary Swank

·         Avatar – Sam Worthington

·         I Robot – Will Smith