Representation of

Disability

Can you figure out what each logo

means?
1. International
Symbol of
Accessibility
2. Telephone
Typewriter Symbol
3. Assistive Listening
Systems Symbol
(Ear)
4. Assistive Listening
System for Listening
(Telephone)
5. Sign Language
Interpretation
Symbol
6. Symbol indicating
Access for
Individuals Who Are
Blind or Have Low
Vision

What do we know about

representations of Disability?

Burden
Limiting
Life consuming (for carer)
Hard for sufferer and the carer
Emotionally draining
Life changing
Rewarding in progress and
development and overcoming

An Object of Ridicule

How are these

representations of
Disability portrayed in
the media?
Is it something to be

Pitiable and Pathetic

Sinister and Evil

Why does
the media
represent
disability
under this
category?

Super Cripple

An Object of Violence or
Curiosity
Presents people to
be unusual
Something to be
viewed or curious
Binary Opposition
puts disabled and
non-disabled people
in an opposition
when they are not.

Their Own Worst and Only

Enemy

Gattaca
Beautiful
Mind
Forrest
Gump
Shutter
Island