The Analysis of X-Men and how it relates to Disabilities The portrayal of many superheroes in movies, comic books, and TV shows are empowered by real world diseases, accidents, and disabilities inflicted upon them. X-Men is the apotheosis by which exceptional individuals, both heroes and villains, obtain their powers. These movie characters, who possess various extraordinary abilities, are comparable to the multiple individuals with disabilities, in that they both are regarded and viewed similarly and differently. Despite the many different characteristics that delineate each individual person in society, people are often highly critical of individual’s that they view as drastically different. These inconsiderate and highly selfish viewpoints
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One issue that the gifted students in X-Men deal with that individuals with disabilities struggled with in the past is the way in which people refer to them. Referring to the gifted individual’s in the movie as mutants, probably originates from Winter et al. (2015) summarization of mutation as the normally slow process which is key to evolution, enabling people to “evolve from a single celled organism in to the most dominate species on the plant”. Referring to the gifted individuals as “mutant” is insensitive, similar to all of the previously disregarded terms used to identify and label individuals with disabilities. There are both advantages and disadvantages of labeling. One significantly important disadvantage of labeling in both the real world and in X-Men is that they often lead to stereotypes. Individual with disabilities ability to succeed is often doubted as a result of their impairment, without taking into account the severity of the impairment. In X-Men gifted students are feared and looked upon with disgust due to Eric faction of gifted …show more content…
People tend to perceive individuals with disabilities and the individual’s from X-Men based on their preconceived ideas of the disability or condition. Whether an individual, like Xavier is normal, in a wheelchair, or a gifted individual, people judge and make preconceived notions about them. In defining or describing something or someone people have their own apotheoses of particular things. It is difficult for some people to understand that despite the condition a particular individual is dealing with, they are capable of succeeding. Movies, TV shows, and comic books help individuals who have disabilities, individuals who are different, and individuals who have a disease understand and realize that despite others disbelief of what you are capable of accomplishing, their own actions predict their ability to
One issue that the gifted students in X-Men deal with that individuals with disabilities struggled with in the past is the way in which people refer to them. Referring to the gifted individual’s in the movie as mutants, probably originates from Winter et al. (2015) summarization of mutation as the normally slow process which is key to evolution, enabling people to “evolve from a single celled organism in to the most dominate species on the plant”. Referring to the gifted individuals as “mutant” is insensitive, similar to all of the previously disregarded terms used to identify and label individuals with disabilities. There are both advantages and disadvantages of labeling. One significantly important disadvantage of labeling in both the real world and in X-Men is that they often lead to stereotypes. Individual with disabilities ability to succeed is often doubted as a result of their impairment, without taking into account the severity of the impairment. In X-Men gifted students are feared and looked upon with disgust due to Eric faction of gifted …show more content…
People tend to perceive individuals with disabilities and the individual’s from X-Men based on their preconceived ideas of the disability or condition. Whether an individual, like Xavier is normal, in a wheelchair, or a gifted individual, people judge and make preconceived notions about them. In defining or describing something or someone people have their own apotheoses of particular things. It is difficult for some people to understand that despite the condition a particular individual is dealing with, they are capable of succeeding. Movies, TV shows, and comic books help individuals who have disabilities, individuals who are different, and individuals who have a disease understand and realize that despite others disbelief of what you are capable of accomplishing, their own actions predict their ability to