On Disability-Coding and the Cripple Werewolf
Across the internet, disabled people are reclaiming popular characters as their own. TikTok trends with captions like, “Characters that are autistic because I (an autistic person) say so,” or, “This character is for the chronically ill and disabled,” take characters that are not explicitly disabled and make them explicitly disabled. Some characters and stories lend […]
Hallmark Never Misses Christmas, But It Does Miss Disability Representation
The film industry is flawed enough when it comes to casting disabled actors and writing disabled characters (just take a look at Music). The holiday season with everyone’s favorite movies and the new batch of cookie cutter Hallmark holiday movies is no exception. In fact, holiday movies are worse with representation than “every day” movies. […]