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  • Dis Rep: Conversations about Ableism and Disability Representation in Media

    Date: Thursday May 20, 2021 at 12:00PM MST

    Zoom Link: https://udenver.zoom.us/j/89472422641

    The Accessibility Advocacy Group and Readers for Change are excited to invite you to “Dis Rep: Conversations about Ableism and Disability Representation in Media.”  

    Our time will consist of an open conversation regarding ideas of disability representation in media. We will have guided questions for discussion, viewing of examples within media to supplement, and brainstorming ways in which the power of librarianship can support inclusivity and attempt to silence ableism. This meeting will not be recorded and is a safe space. 

    You are welcome to bring your own examples of representation in popular fiction, but it is not necessary.

    Purpose of Our Discussion

    The purpose of our discussion is to bring awareness to the representation of disability in mainstream media. Together, we will discuss successes and failures with media representation as well as problems with typical disability tropes.

    Some suggested Media to Consider:

    Books

    Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (2008-2010)

    Planet of the Blind by Stephen Kussisto (1998)

    • "On the planet of the blind no one needs to be cured. Blindness is another form of music, like the solo clarinet in the mind of Bartók . . . On the planet of the blind people talk about what they do not see, like Wallace Stevens who freely chased tigers in red weather. . . . The sighted are beloved visitors, their fears of blindness assuaged with fragrant reeds."

    Song For A Whale by Lynne Kelly (2019)

    Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (2017)

    List of Fantasy and Sci-Fi novels with disabled and neurodiverse protagonists:  https://www.theillustratedpage.net/disability-and-neurodivergence-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/  

    Movies

    Unrest (2017)

    300 (2006)

    At First Sight (1999)

    Me Before You (2016)

    Music (202I) - Produced by Sia

    A Quiet Place (2018)

    RUN (2020)

    Midsommar (2019)

    Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)

    Television Series

    Atypical - Season 1, Episode 1 "Antarctica"

    Switched at Birth - Season 2, Episode 9 "Uprising"

    Work in Progress - Season 1, Episode 4 "161, 153, 137, 122, 106, 104, 102 (We’re Still Counting Almonds)"

    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

    In the Dark

    Glee

    Never Have I Ever 

    The Society

    Video Games

    Overwatch

    Borderlands

    Sly Cooper

    Metal Gear Solid

    Mass Effect

    Rainbow Six Siege 

    Guild Wars 2

    Final Fantasy XIV

    Guilty Gear

    Night in the Woods

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