T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Nothing About Us Without Us, Austin, Texas, Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
16 Nov 2016
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Disabled actors who won awards for playing disabled char. Universalism (cid:862)a(cid:374)y a(cid:272)tor should (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to play a(cid:374)y role(cid:863) Essentialism (cid:862)o(cid:374)ly a(cid:272)tors like their (cid:272)har. Hould (cid:271)e (cid:272)ast & play those roles. (cid:863) Social context (cid:862)be(cid:272)ause disa(cid:271)led ppl ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) kept i(cid:374)(cid:448)isi(cid:271)le for so lo(cid:374)g, (cid:373)ost (cid:374)o(cid:374)- disabled actors have little personal awareness of the realities of disability behavior. So the rare representations of disability on screen & stage are frequently perpetuations of histori(cid:272) stereotypes & (cid:374)ot represe(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e of prese(cid:374)t day reality. (cid:863) paddy masefield. The poster child (tiny tim the christmas carol) When white actors would smear dark stuff on their face to play black people. Disability is read by the audience as a metaphor. Disability is when person is prejudiced against, and life is more difficult by the stereotypes and ppl around them. Impairment is the diagnosis blind, amputee, etc. 1970 physically disabled students program founded at uc berkeley. 1970 disabled in action founded in nyc.
