Disney Channel Wrestle with Disabled Lead
In the Disney Channel movie Going to the Mat, Jace chooses to fight the stereotype of a blind musician to become a wrestler, literally going to the mat.
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Disney Channel Standardizing Athletes & Disability
Going to the Mat establishes Jace Newfield as a blind musical savant. But the film focuses on Jace desperately not wanting to be seen as a stereotype.
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Disney’s forgotten movie that promotes disability blindness
In the 2004 film, the lesson taught is to not see disability at all. This coming-of-age story is about Jace Newfield moving across the country; and at his new school, everyone is a jock. So he joins the wrestling team to fit in. He happens to also be a blind musical savant.
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Politically correctness triggers bigotry
Generations of people are shaped by the “politically correct” ways to address topics such as disability. There is a latency between social acceptance and civil rights movements. Generations of people become complacent in what was considered the status quo when they were coming- of- age.
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Disabled people are not obligated to quell others curiosity
As a child, I was at least as “curious” about other disabilities as my able-bodied peers. I had questions about specific disabilities, such as visual impairments or hard-of-hearing people, that others without disabilities have. However, that doesn’t make it right for me to ask invasive questions of other disabled people.
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What the ADA really thinks about service dogs
The belief that disabled people inherently make lesser contributions to society is ableist. It extends the thought that service dogs are a tool to lessen the burden of disability on society.
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Winter’s legacy told by families
As a disabled animal, Winter provides a more accessible source of inspiration precisely because she isn’t human. Her life became defined by humans.
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Carelessness hurts animals & humans
Winter’s prosthetics were created and tested by a team of doctors and supported by the aquarium staff. It was a group effort that provided an inspirational story.
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Humans aren’t the smartest creatures on Earth
For centuries, humans have assumed they are the most intelligent creatures on Earth. Human inventions, from essential tools to modern-day social media, must be proof of that.
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