With the variety of shows and films covering nearly all plots imaginable it appears as if the media has a wide variety of diversity. Yet when examined a little closer the minorities are all depicted the similarly in the media. The T.V. sample although brief shed some light on some rather interesting trends when it came to the disabled community in the media. When scouting for disabled lead roles within television it seems that they all share one thing in common: Asperger 's Syndrome.The viewing sample included shows that had lead characters with a disability playing one of the lead roles ,usually with a position of prestige and intelligence but their quirky personality or miss of social cues is seen as either humor or a genius spur of the moment.
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Yet that representation should in fact encompass accuracy, diversity in perspective, and discouraging negative stereotypes. However through various research the disabled community agrees that despite various effort on behalf of the government and international policies the inclusion and acceptance of disabled individuals is not all the way their. Barriers still exist and they continue to grow especially since disability continues to become homogenized in the U.S.Not all aspects of disability fall in the same category, and they can take the form of visible or invisible. For certain disabilities medication can be prescribed or treatment given and for other we must make accommodations and simply resort to living with the condition. The spectrum is vast and therefore the assumptions individuals take are normally based on visible disability. For the simple fact that if we can physically see it we can identify and label it. As humans we like to classify and label things and have the ability to sort and distinguish. The attitude of the general population is far more complex than that of a policy or law. Various demographic variables conclude that indeed younger populations , with more education, and prior quality interactions with a disabled person in fact result in positive attitudes toward the general community. (Coles, …show more content…
Their ages and education level were all the same and played no factor in the outcome of the study. Young students from 6 colleges in London were recruited with White British and South Asian descent and conducted various interviews in a group setting, had their religious views examined, completed the CLAS-MR. (Community Living Attitudes Scale – Mental Retardation version ). A questionnaire solely focusing on analyzing inclusion related attitudes. Discussions geared toward empowerment, exclusion, sheltering, and similarity and diagrams were provided with varying degrees of disability to facilitate understanding. This data was analyzed further and determined that White British students scored higher on the empowerment and similarity pieces of the CLAS-MR. According to the study gender and prior experience was not significant in the data. (Cole,2011) The study yielded various interesting themes and information on why it is we form varying attitudes toward people with disability? Perhaps the most relevant theme of them all is confusion. By far the biggest indicator noticed throughout the interviews is that
Yet that representation should in fact encompass accuracy, diversity in perspective, and discouraging negative stereotypes. However through various research the disabled community agrees that despite various effort on behalf of the government and international policies the inclusion and acceptance of disabled individuals is not all the way their. Barriers still exist and they continue to grow especially since disability continues to become homogenized in the U.S.Not all aspects of disability fall in the same category, and they can take the form of visible or invisible. For certain disabilities medication can be prescribed or treatment given and for other we must make accommodations and simply resort to living with the condition. The spectrum is vast and therefore the assumptions individuals take are normally based on visible disability. For the simple fact that if we can physically see it we can identify and label it. As humans we like to classify and label things and have the ability to sort and distinguish. The attitude of the general population is far more complex than that of a policy or law. Various demographic variables conclude that indeed younger populations , with more education, and prior quality interactions with a disabled person in fact result in positive attitudes toward the general community. (Coles, …show more content…
Their ages and education level were all the same and played no factor in the outcome of the study. Young students from 6 colleges in London were recruited with White British and South Asian descent and conducted various interviews in a group setting, had their religious views examined, completed the CLAS-MR. (Community Living Attitudes Scale – Mental Retardation version ). A questionnaire solely focusing on analyzing inclusion related attitudes. Discussions geared toward empowerment, exclusion, sheltering, and similarity and diagrams were provided with varying degrees of disability to facilitate understanding. This data was analyzed further and determined that White British students scored higher on the empowerment and similarity pieces of the CLAS-MR. According to the study gender and prior experience was not significant in the data. (Cole,2011) The study yielded various interesting themes and information on why it is we form varying attitudes toward people with disability? Perhaps the most relevant theme of them all is confusion. By far the biggest indicator noticed throughout the interviews is that