Thursday, November 6, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Hanover Suite A)
In this panel, we discuss how public discourse of disability in the media shapes policy around disability. Each panelist examines a moment in time, from the 19th and 20th century discourses on deafness to the fake “interpreter” for the deaf at Nelson Mandela’s funeral to the intersections of public perceptions of autism and media coverage of mass violence.
Presentations
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Mariah Crilley (West Virginia University)
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Neil Patrick Shepard (Davenport University)
Session chair
Meredith Guthrie (University of Pittsburgh)