2. After doing some research on how disability is represented in the media we have learnt that it is a sensitive subject and if not shown correctly it could produce negative feedback and become offensive. We got most of our research from the BFI website http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/thinking/
3. Medical vs. Social The 'medical model' sees disabled people as the problem. They need to be adapted to fit into the world as it is. If this isn't possible, then they should be shut away in a specialised institution or isolated at home, where only their most basic needs are met. The ‘social model’ sees society as the problem as they are unable to deal with the fact that disabled people are being classed as normal. Using this model, you start by looking at the strengths of the person with the impairment and at the physical and social barriers that obstruct them. The 'social model' defines 'impairment' and 'disability' as very different things. Our response: The problems that will occur during the series of Kyle and Kelly would be from the medical model point of view that disabled people are the problems and that by constructing buildings with stairs and no lifts or ramps, in result this disables people. This is a old point of view of people with a negative attitude towards disability. During our title sequence we will be having Kyle struggling with some work and another class mate helping him out, this poses the question “is this a negative stereotype to see someone with a learning disability seeking help?” We will struggle to overcome this as it would be hard to the role to be switched and a disabled person helping and able person. These days, the social model is the attitude towards disability and it is now seen as the society being the problem, because they are unable to deal with the fact that disabled are being classed as normal. We will show this in our title sequence by having other children physically encouraging Kelly to play with them.
4. Pamela Wilson’s article When we were researching, we came across an article by Pamela Wilson expressing her personal views on representations of disability in the media. She said that “most children and teens with disabilities are just ordinary young people going about the business of growing up with all the hopes, dreams, and challenges of their mainstream peers, siblings and cousins. It is certainly not too much to ask to have media representation in commercials, television and movie scenes, print ads and articles that all other groups have struggled for civil rights can expect.” From what Pamela has said, we agree that the children should be represented in a positive way in all forms of the media. We used the BFI website to look into the stereotypical ways that people with disabilities are represented and how not to be portrayed in the media and ways that in which we can prevent them being shown in a negative way. http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/thinking/defying.html http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/disability/thinking/stereotypes.html
