Media portrayals of disabled people are often limited to antiquated tropes or couched in ableist assumptions. Ensuring the lived experience of disabled people in faith-based content affirms that every human being has value and must be treated with respect. Uninformed portrayals of disabled individuals can lead to misconceptions that foster harmful biases and inequitable practices. [click to continue...]
Inspired by personal experience, The Main Trilogy Writer and Director Abigail Bruley snapshots one person’s attempt to return to life as she knew it before acquiring a disability. “[A]t first, I thought that I was documenting, but really, as it turned out, I was, like, mythologizing,” Bruley said in an interview with Disability Belongs™. “I [click to continue...]
The new unscripted digital series Divas in the City follows five disabled Black women whose tenacity and creativity make them bosses in their respective cities. Professional and playful, serious and sassy, these women with physical disabilities are trendsetters in fields ranging from fashion to the arts to the nonprofit sector. The series is the brainchild [click to continue...]
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