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From The Witches to Lion King, portraying disabled people as villainous, scary is a media trope with real world consequences Harmful depictions of people with facial deformities, skin conditions, scars as evil have real life consequences for people with disabilities. Srinidhi Raghavan February 10, 2021 09:05:07 IST Anne Hathaway in a still from The Witches What is ‘normal’? In this monthly column, Srinidhi Raghavan explores the understanding of bodies-minds and navigating spaces as disabled, chronically ill and sick people. Read more from the series here.
It was in August 2020 when the news about the #NewTeacherChallenge on TikTok began to make the rounds. In this challenge, parents were introducing their children to their new teachers, supposedly on Face Time. However, instead of showing them photos of their teachers, the ....
Thoughts on Crip Camp, and how spaces with disabled leadership can make one feel seen and heard In a world that is overwhelmingly not designed for disabled, sick and chronically ill people, finding a space where you feel seen and heard is difficult and sometimes feels impossible. Srinidhi Raghavan January 15, 2021 09:48:38 IST A screengrab from the documentary Crip Camp What is ‘normal’? In this monthly column, Srinidhi Raghavan explores the understanding of bodies-minds and navigating spaces as disabled, chronically ill and sick people. Read more from the series here.
In a recent virtual access workshop, a participant apologised profusely to us when their screen reader wasn’t able to read the page he was on. The team running the digital access workshop remarked that they didn’t need to apologise for an inaccessible wo ....