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Positive Portrayals: Disability in the Media

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AffyAvo July 22nd, 2022

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When have you seen disabled people portrayed positively in the media? All forms of media count!

Thanks to @GoalsforLife who mentioned Crip Camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crip_Camp which lead to this thread!

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AffyAvo OP July 22nd, 2022

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User Profile: AffyAvo
AffyAvo OP July 22nd, 2022

I have only seen a few although have had it in mind to watch more of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's youtube channel.

I also like Footless Jo, she has some great shorts which are fun and informative.

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User Profile: audienta
audienta July 23rd, 2022

@AffyAvo

Oh, I absolutely agree with Footless Jo! I also like her longer YouTube videos since they are really raw and honest.

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User Profile: audienta
audienta July 23rd, 2022

@AffyAvo

Since I now realized that social media creators are okay as well, I actually have some!


English:

Autism From The Inside - YouTube channel from a person with autism that wants to spread awareness and knowledge about it.

Elinor Brown - YouTube channel from a person with ME/CFS that shows their life.

FND Hope - Informative and motivational YouTube channel from an organization for FND (includes content about NES).

Footless Jo - YouTube channel from an amputee that shares their story and spreads information and awareness.

Functional Lenny - YouTube channel from a person with FND that shares pieces of their life as well as information.

HDYO - YouTube channel from the Huntington's Disease Youth Organization that contains a lot of educational content.

JJHellermusic - Music YouTube channel with the songs from JJ Heller, who struggles with POTS.

Lucy Edwards - YouTube channel from a blind person that creates informative as well as fun content.

My FND journey - YouTube channel from a person that shares their life with FND.

Naomi - YouTube channel from a person with EDS/HSD, ME/CFS and FND that makes different kinds of content.

Olga Chronics - YouTube channel from a person with fibromyalgia which contains different kinds of content as well.

Special Books by Special Kids - A YouTube channel that contains "interviews that are intended to create a more inclusive world." Highly recommended!

The Aspie World - YouTube channel from a person with autism that creates informative and helpful content.

This Trippy Hippie - YouTube channel from a person with tourettses syndrome, seizures and other neurological symptoms that wants to spread awareness about it.

Wheels2Walking - YouTube channel from a person with paralysis that makes videos for people with paralysis.

German:

100percentme - YouTube channel that made serious as well as fun content in relation to disabilities.

Aktion Mensch - YouTube channel that makes informative and helpful videos regarding disabilities. (There are always video versions for sight or hearing impaired people as well!)

D.I.S.Ding - YouTube channel from a system that spreads information and awareness for DID in German.

Danke, gut. Der Podcast über Pop und Psyche - A podcast that interviews people with a mental health disorders.

Leeroy Matata/Leeroy will's wissen! - YouTube channels from a person with juvenile osteoporosis that creates educative as well as fun content.

Rehmann. Sick of Silence - A Swissgerman podcast that contains interviews with people with all different kinds of illnesses and disabilities.


Well, this list got longer than I expected... But maybe someone will find a YouTube channel or podcast that helps them as well, which would be great!

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User Profile: adventurousBranch3786
adventurousBranch3786 July 23rd, 2022

@audienta. Wow thank you! I am going to check some of these out. 🌷

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User Profile: audienta
audienta July 24th, 2022

@adventurousBranch3786

You're welcome! I hope you find something that you find helpful!

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User Profile: MyNameIsNicole
MyNameIsNicole July 23rd, 2022

@audienta

This is a whole lot audienta haha, thanks so much! We ought to pin this post because of your list❤️

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User Profile: audienta
audienta July 24th, 2022

@MyNameIsNicole

yep, the list got much longer than I expected... 😄

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