In this guest-hosted episode, Leah Smith sits down with Dr. Beth Haller, media scholar and co-founder of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (GADIM), to talk about how news and entertainment shape public perception of disability. Beth…
By casting off prejudice-inducing and ableist film narratives about disability, audiences will begin to see disabled characters as unique individuals who deserve to contribute to every society. Disabled psychologist Richard Amm has devised a tool to make that happen. Called…
TGDN Network’s Reporter Rikki Poynter took part in this year’s Seattle Deaf Film Festival. In a series of videos and articles, she’ll review several films and recently, she shared what the three-day film festival was like. In this review, Rikki…
This collab story authored by Patrica Almeida was first published at Inclusive News and has been translated from Portuguese. The Ministry of Health, through the Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health (ENSP/Fiocruz), is offering an unprecedented specialization course to…
Episode 1 of our new The Global Disability News Network video podcast features journalist and author Wendy Lu. New York Times editor and debut author Wendy Lu joins co-hosts Karina Sturm and Amy Zayed to talk about her middle-grade novel…
Disney’s recent release of signed versions of songs from Frozen 2, Encanto, and Moana 2 has been widely praised as a milestone for inclusion. For many viewers, this project signals long-overdue visibility for Deaf people and for sign language in…
A collaboration between Disney and Deaf West Theatre is born The Deaf community is celebrating a special moment for National Deaf History Month, a collaboration between Disney Animation Studios and Deaf West Theatre! The collaboration is Disney Animation’s Songs in…
Written by and starring Deaf artists James Caverly and Andrew Morrill, TRASH incorporates humor, conflict, and audience interaction to examine Deaf identity, access, and the difficulties of navigating hearing society. Who takes out the trash? Anyone who’s had roommates knows…
1 Centimetre is a podcast from the Lëtzebuerger Journal. For a duration of six months, journalists with and without disabilities have been working on a series about disabled people in the workplace. All episodes are available as audio in Luxembourgish…