Examples of disability representation in recent online and entertainment media

1. Popular culture and disability representation
Beth Haller, Ph.D., Towson University, USA
Email: bhaller@towson.edu
Book: www.media-disability.net

2. Disability representations
on entertainment TV, film, & Internet

3. Down Syndrome in Arts & Media

4. Geri Jewell on Deadwood

5. RJ Mitte on Breaking Bad

6. Kurt Yaeger on Sons of Anarchy

7. Disability humor on TV

8. Cartoonist John Callahan

9. Josh Blue wins NBC’s Last Comic Standing
in 2006

10. Comedian Josh Blue: “I can say things that
other people might not be able to get away
with because of having a disability.”

11. Media created/influenced by
people with disabilities

12. “The new (2012) show is a refreshing antidote to
Hollywood's fraught relationship with disabled actors.”

13. Michael J. Fox show

14. ABC Family’s Switched at Birth

15. Autism consultant on FX’s The Bridge

16. Teal Sherer’s web series, My Gimpy Life

17. Blind Film Critic Tommy Edison

18. Pop culture adds visibility