Disability

Attitudes to disability

- People in wheel chairs

- One legged people
- People with no legs
- Feel sorry for them
- Should be treated the same
- Feel awkward
- Think about how hard their life is
- Don’t know how to act towards them
- Uncomfortable
- Not fair – can be picked on but can be own fault (drink driving,
drugs etc)
- Not bothered
- Can be prioritised e.g. queuing
- Don’t like lazy ones
- Can’t help feeling sorry
- Disabled soldiers, feel sorry for them more than other disabled
people
- Don’t like fat people on benefits, its not a disability
- Feel scared
- Can be unpredictable

Famous diabled people

- Mini me (Dwarf)
- Stephan Hawkin (Motor neuron disease)
- Pete Bennet (Torrettes)
- Mikey (Blind)
- Cbeebies woman (One arm)
- Darren Brown (Autistic)
- Andre the giant (Gigantism)
- Blaine Harrison (Polio)
- Heather Mills (One leg)
- Matt Hampson (Paralysed)
- James Crackwell (Brain damage)
- Steve Wonder (Blind)

Famous disabled characters

- Million Dollar baby – Hilary Swank

- My left foot – Daniel Day Lewis
- Forest Gump – Tom Hanks
- I am Sam – Sean Penn
- Born on the 4th July – Tom Cruise
- Avatar – Sam Worthington
- Ray – Jamie Fox
Disabled Character

Kelly Marie Stewart

Hollyoaks Character – Hayley Ramsey

Kelly’s disability is that she is in a wheelchair. The disability is
portrayed correctly because some people treat her like a normal
person and as she would like to be treated but other characters
such as ‘Reece Ashworth’ treats her with no respect and make
her feel low and upset about her disability which makes you feel
upset for the character. The character is presented as just a
normal person but you can tell she sometimes gets upset about
her disability which makes you feel upset and sympathetic for
her. It is fair of how she is presented but also isn’t fair as Reece
makes her feel bad about her disability which makes you feel
angry towards him because it isn’t her fault. The character shows
a character which you wouldn’t think of a disabled person, she is
still sexual and still participates in every day life. The character
isn’t lazy as she is very independent and also looks after herself
but has help if needed, showing disabilities don’t always affect
the way you live and your independence.