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Hollywood fails miserably, often, when it comes to portraying disability. Here are some films that actually get it right.

Your Must-Watch List of Disability-Friendly Movies

October 10, 2020 // by Lene Andersen

Movies and television reflect our lives, but when they don’t show all of us — or worse, cast other people to play a particular group — it strengthens stereotype and discrimination. In my latest column for HealthCentral, I dive into disability in the movies and add a list of my favourites: “When I watch movies…

Category: HealthCentral
Tag: .disability, chronic illness, crip face, downs syndrome, Hollywood, mental illness, movies, paraplegia, rheumatoid arthritis, television

A rant about the laziness of TV writers when portraying disability

A Very Special Victim: Why I Stopped Watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

March 26, 2010 // by Lene Andersen

Updated April 19, 2021 I stopped watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit a long time ago, after a blogger names Twisty (who alas seems to not be publishing anymore) described it as Law & Order: Mutilated Women’s Unit and just couldn’t get that out of my head. Earlier this week, I happened to see…

Category: Disability, Rant, TV
Tag: .disability, ableism, feminism, law and order, special victiim's unit, television

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Your Must-Watch List of Disability-Friendly Movies

A Very Special Victim: Why I Stopped Watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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