Adrienne Asch, for example, advocates better counseling of prospective parents at the time of testing, including some informed discussion of what life is like for children born disabled -- to present that as a choice rather than an unthinkable horror.
After all, the easiest way for a government to shred social security for disabled people is to present the argument that many are not actually disabled.
What these adverts also do is highlight an interesting truth; most disabled activists and academics can spot from a wheelchair-mile away when something is made to educate others – ie the non-disabled – rather than to present us inclusively as three-dimensional human beings.
"We have got so completely trapped in the tunnel of argument over welfare reform that disabled people are increasingly happy to present themselves as victims.
Directors and screenwriters appear to understand disability doesn't need to be the reason for a movie's existence, yet they're still unaware of how to present a disabled character in a way that doesn't marginalize how their disability impacts them.
From the start of the Conservatives' "reform" of disability benefits, the narrative has been to present vast numbers of disabled and chronically ill people as either faking shirkers or passive victims with the wrong attitude.
So it's important to present disability in all its diversity … [and] for the disabled person to be presented not as the vulnerable member of the band, but as the leader, the person who finds the solutions to challenges the group face.
The same fear and concern that is now manifest with this Africans in this Ebola outbreak has been found in past bigoted reactions against Haitians, Chinese, Irish, Mexicans, and any number of "others," including LGBT citizens and the disabled to the present day.
The goal of these movies is to present the deaf/blind/disabled as inspiration folk heroes, selling a lifestyle that will make able-bodied people appreciate themselves more.
For example, very easy items do not have to be presented to minor disabled patients.
