1. DISABILITY
Definition of a disability- A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or
activities.
The media generally depict people with disabilities according to common stereotypes such
as pity and heroism.
Colin Barnes Stereotypes:
- A burden
- Super cripple
- Object of ridicule
- Sinister and evil
- Sexually abnormal
- Their own worst and only enemy
- Pitiable and pathetic
- An object of violence
- Incapable of participating fully in community life
- A curiosity
