Lacking Disability in the Media
It’s common fact that disability is hardly ever depicted in the media today. When was the last time you saw a model with missing limbs strutting down the runway? A person in a wheel chair featured on the cover of a well-known magazine? As Nancy Mairs, who battles MS, puts it, “I haven’t noticed any women like me on television.” What I’m really wondering is why? Why does the media chose, purposely, to exclude this minority – the ONLY minority we can and will involuntarily join by the way? It’s wrong and it’s shameful; these are ordinary human beings who have suffered extraordinary circumstances and are still here today trying to live their most normal lives. We should work to do the opposite, to empower them rather than isolate them. I did some of my own research to see if there was some progress being made, and I was actually surprised by what I found. Below are some major companies, such as Nike and Target, who feature disability in their advertisements. I especially love Tar