Disability in the media
We're thankfully seeing disabled people represented more in the media and I'd love to hear about your favourite shows, films, podcasts that have helped shift attitudes on disability?
I've heard mixed opinions on BBC's Inside Our Autistic Minds. Are there any other shows or even storylines you'd recommend?
I loved Ralph & Katie who won Scope's 2024 Media Moments award.
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"We might regret this" BBC first series watched and waiting on the second to be screened. A semi-autobiographical dark comedy with the main character in a wheelchair trying to negotiate intimate relationships with her PA's hanging around 😅
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I'm adding that to the watch list, thanks @WhatThe!
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I'm not sure if any of you watch Waterloo Road?
They recently introduced some deaf characters, highlighting the difficulties they face in a mainstream school environment. Found it really interesting myself and also picked up a very small amount of BSL from that episode. Although I'm not deaf I've always had communication difficulties and could strongly relate to the frustration of forever being labelled as 'quiet' for example. I thought it was done really well from an outside perspective, and as the actor is deaf in real life, hopefully they had plenty of input to make it authentic to the deaf community as well.
(I will add a trigger warning for that episode though. There is a separate story line running in the same episode which some people will find shocking & triggering.)
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There's a character in a wheelchair as well.
I remember watching Holby City years ago and there was a student doctor in a wheelchair. It was refreshing to see a an actor with a disability in a position of authority, rather than a figure of pity.
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I finished We Might Regret This last week and loved every minute of it.
Kyla Harris has written a really smart, but far from serious look at wheelchair life. Very irreverent in places (the alleyway catheter scene still makes me chuckle) and manages to steer clear of that "woe is me" slant that many able bodied writers would unfortunately choose. It's less about her disability, but more about her relationship with her partner and family. Beautifully done.
I'm really looking forward to season two. 😁1 -
I'm so glad you watched it!
Memorable scene for me was at the partner's memorial for his son - divorcing-wife cheerfully described her day smoking joints and watching porn to remember her son by. The casting is superb isn't it?
The remaining son is invisible to him and Freya the disabled artist is his new project - he thinks! Kyla Harris wrote and stars as Freya. Brilliant script. Two more series confirmed only last week 😁
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Piter Pen, House, M.D., Rain Man, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Intouchables, The Aviator, Little Britain, The King's Speech, Donnie Darko, Years And Years …
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