Representation of the disabled

1. What dramas can you think of that have disabled people in them?
2. Game of thrones, 
3. What do you think of when you think of disability?
4. A physical or mental limitation

Key statistics for the disabled

·       % of the population

number of disabled young people

•There are 770,00 disabled children under the age of 16 in the UK. That equates to 1 child in 20.

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% disabled in employment? 

•Nearly one in five people of working age (7 million, or 18.6%) in Great Britain have a disability.

The Medical Model: Shakespeare (1999)

•disabled people's inability to interact in normal daily life is a direct result of their physical and/ or mental impairment.

•e.g. Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carole” "crippled" child of Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, is defined by his disability and will only survive through medical intervention.

1. Jaws

2. Le 

3. De silva 

4. Blowfelt

5.

Task 2

•Why is this clip funny?

Because of the element of slapstick comedy when the disabled girl is hit with a frisbee and the confrontation that came as a result of it.

•How is the disabled girl represented?

She is represented with the stereotypical trait of being laughable

•Are we meant to be laughing at the disabled person?

Most probably due to the comedic sounds the actor made after being hit with the frisbee but not exclusively that as there were also comedic elements in the dialogue 

•Are they the ‘butt’ of the joke?

•How do you think disabled people respond to this?

•In what way does the representation comply with Shakespeares  STEREOTYPE!

The portrayal of the disabled girl as laughable, unable to function and 

•Are we as society being cultivated to think that we should pity disability?

•Why is this clip funny?

•How is Warwick Davis represented?

Warwick is represented as sharp and confident despite his disability which is a non stereotypical representation of the disabled.

•Are we meant to be laughing at the disabled person?

Not necessarily but rather the circumstance in which he has found himself

•Are they the ‘butt’ of the joke?

•How many of Paul Hunt’s (1991) stereotypes does this clip comply with?  

•In what way does the representation comply with Shakespeares  STEREOTYPE!

•Are we as society being cultivated to think that we should pity disability?