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Libraries for the Blind in the Information Age: Guidelines for Development

Rosemary Kavanagh, Beatrice Christensen Sköld (eds.)

The Hague: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) (2005), 87 pp.

"Developing an efficient library service for print-disabled people is extremely important, because there are significantly fewer books available commercially in accessible formats compared to what is published in print for the general public. The need to build collections in alternative formats and ... more

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Disability and the Media: Prescriptions for Change

Charles A. Riley

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England (2005), xviii, 258 pp.

"In the past decade, the mass media discovered disability. Spurred by the box-office appeal of superstars such as the late Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Hawking, and others, and given momentum by the success of Oscar-winning movies, popular television shows, best-selling books, and prof ... itable websites, major media corporations have reversed their earlier course of hiding disability, bringing it instead to center stage. Yet depictions of disability have remained largely unchanged since the 1920s. Focusing almost exclusively on the medical aspect of injury or illness, the disability profile in fact and fiction leads inevitably to an inspiring moment of “overcoming.” According to Riley, this cliché plays well with a general audience, but such narratives, driven by prejudice and pity, highlight the importance of “fixing” the disability and rendering the “sufferer” as normal as possible. These stories are deeply offensive to persons with disabilities. Equally important, misguided coverage has adverse effects on crucial aspects of public policy, such as employment, social services, and health care. Powerful and influential, the media is complicit in this distortion of disability issues that has proven to be a factor in the economic and social repression of one in five Americans. Newspapers and magazines continue to consign disability stories to the “back of the book” health or human-interest sections, using offensive language that has long been proscribed by activists. Filmmakers compound the problem by featuring angry misfits or poignant heroes of melodramas that pair love and redemption. Publishers churn out self-help titles and memoirs that milk the disability theme for pathos. As Riley points out, all branches of the media are guilty of the same crude distillation of the story to serve their own, usually fiscal, ends. Riley’s lively inside investigation illuminates the extent of the problem while pinpointing how writers, editors, directors, producers, filmmakers, advertisers and the executives who give their marching orders go wrong, or occasionally get it right. Through a close analysis of the technical means of representation, in conjunction with the commentary of leading voices in the disability community, Riley guides future coverage to a more fair and accurate way of putting the disability story on screen or paper. He argues that with the “discovery” by Madison Avenue that the disabled community is a major consumer niche, the economic rationale for more sophisticated coverage is at hand. It is time, says Riley, to cut through the accumulated stereotypes and find an adequate vocabulary that will finally represent the disability community in all its vibrant and fascinating diversity." (Publisher description) more

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Medios de comunicación y discapacidad: Una análisis de la cobertura periodística sobre inclusión social

Severino Francisco (ed.)

ANDI; Fundação Banco Do Brasil (2003), 184 pp.

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Comunicación social en discapacidad: Cuestiones éticas y de estilo

Demetrio Casado

Madrid: Editorial POLIBEA (2003), 43 pp.

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Communicating Disability: Metaphors of Oppression, Metaphors of Empowerment

Stephanie J. Coopman

Annals of the International Communication Association, volume 27, issue 1 (2003), pp. 337-394

"This chapter frames the literature on communication and disability within six metaphors, identifying how those metaphors oppress or empower persons with disabilities. Disability as a medical problem suggests persons with disabilities must be repaired. This metaphor disempowers persons with disabili ... more

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Cómo mejorar la comunicación social sobre discapacidad: Guía práctica para entidades

Antonio Sánchez de Amo, Susana Marqués

Madrid: POLIBEA (2002), 40 pp.

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Disability and the Media in India: A Study

Anura Goonasekera

London: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2001), 32 pp.

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Telematics for Health and Disabled and Elderly People: Joint Conference and Exhibition of the European Union and South Africa

Midrand: Club de Bruxelles (1996), 140 pp.

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Disability Awareness in Action: Campaigns

Agnes Fletcher

London: Disability Awareness in Action (1994), 46 pp.

"This resource kit focuses on campaigns run by organisations of disabled people which promote our independence, equality of opportunity and full participation. Taking part in campaigns will increase members' skills and confidence and show disabled people as active participants in their communities, ... more

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Training for All: Developing Video-Based Training Packages for Parent and Community Education

Roy McConkey

Paris: UNESCO (1993), 99 pp.

"Disability affects families the world over. Parents are often unsure as to how best to help the child who is handicapped and yet experience has shown that much can be done to help these children at home. Local resources, once mobilised can assist families and communities to better meet the needs of ... more