Editorial Disability and Film and Media Themed Issue
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representation, disability, film, media
Abstract
This Editorial for v17i4, Special Issue of Disability and Film and Media, highlights the role film and media play in some work around creating more equity and inclusion. In addition to highlighting some examples from around the globe, it provides an overview of the contents of the issue.
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Beth Haller, Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (GADIM)
Through numerous books, articles and frequent public appearances throughout a variety of media and social media forms, Beth Haller has been instrumental in bringing attention to how disability is represented across media forms and why it matters. Her books include Representing Disability in an Ableist World (2010), Byline of Hope: The Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (2015) and co-editing the Routledge Companion to Disability and Media (2020). Haller was mass communication faculty at Towson University from 1996-2020 and assisted in the creation of the Applied Adult Disability Studies minor at Towson University, where she teaches a required class for the minor called “Understanding Disability through Mass Media.” She has been adjunct faculty in the City University of New York (CUNY)'s Disability Studies programs, the graduate Critical Disability Studies program at York University in Toronto, Canada, and the Disability Studies minor at the University of Texas-Arlington. She serves on the advisory board of the National Center on Disability and Journalism and traveled in Australia as a Fulbright Scholar in 2015. She is co-founder and co-director of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (GADIM), which was created to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in mass media worldwide.
Lawrence Carter-Long, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
For many years, Lawrence Carter-Long has been a leading voice in helping shape our national conversation about disability and film. He is the Director of Communications at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). A lifelong activist for inclusion and equity, Carter-Long currently leads the Disability & Media Alliance Project. Among his roles, he has been a modern dancer, radio show host and producer, and was the curator/co-host of the groundbreaking festival “THE PROJECTED IMAGE: A HISTORY OF DISABILITY ON FILM” on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The TCM program reached an astounding 87 million people. National recognition for his advocacy includes a citation by Mike Bloomberg and acknowledgement by the American Association of People with Disabilities, and others.