Friday, February 16, 2024

Call for Book Chapters: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and Disability in the Global South

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CFP: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and Disability in the Global South Editors: Tafadzwa Rugoho (PhD), Ngozi Emmanuel (PhD), and Bet...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Report uncovers 'systemic discrimination' faced by people with disabilities in Australian screen industry

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from ABC News in Australia . Photo of  Ade Djajamihardja and his wife Kate.  As an Asian-born Australian, Ade Djajamihardja is no stranger t...
Thursday, April 6, 2023

‘Dark Disabled Stories’ review: When the world isn’t built for you

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From The New York Times : Near the start of “Dark Disabled Stories,” the playwright-performer Ryan J. Haddad’s richly provocative new show a...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

'An Irish Goodbye' star James Martin tells aspiring actors with Down syndrome 'don’t let people say you can’t'

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From ITV .  Note: An Irish Goodbye won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film on March 12, 2023. A Belfast actor receiving glowi...
Saturday, November 12, 2022

Elon Musk's destruction of Twitter is harming disabled people

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From  Time  magazine : Pictured is a Twitter chat announcement from 2019. ID:  Graphic with a white background with text: “ #DisabilityCivic...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Photographers and illustrators with disabilities, Shutterstock is offering monetary grants for work that authentically depicts disabled people

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  Please share widely!   Photographers and illustrators with disabilities, Shutterstock is offering monetary grants for work that authen...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Netflix launches its first-ever disability collection, ‘Celebrating Disability with Dimension,' expands accessibility features

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 From The Verge : Netflix ’s closed captioning, subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), and audio descriptions (AD) are all powerful t...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

Hallmark to debut romance with lead character who has Down Syndrome

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  from CNN : Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is diversifying its content. The cable channel is set to feature a romance with a lead who has ...
Sunday, April 3, 2022

Disabled filmmakers demand UCLA amend Hollywood diversity report to document disabled, LGBTQIA+ representation

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 From Variety :  Pictured is  Anna Dzieduszycka, an actor with dwarfism, who starred in the Oscar-nominated film from Poland, "The Dres...