General Article Why positive disability representation in the media matters

Topic Selected: Living with Disability Book Volume: 466

By Steven Morris

Steven grew up without any disabled characters in books or films to relate to, and that also meant that his peers had no reference for understanding him. Today, there’s still a lack of positive disability representation in our media, which means missed opportunities for people to...

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