Happiness Between Tails

#Ableism #Disability #Teens #Blogging #Girls #Black #Media #InspirationPorn

Inspiration porn: How much do you know about real, everyday people with disabilities? Do you see them praised for doing basically nothing? What do you think about media depictions of disabled people? Comment at HappinessBetweenTails.com — or email me.

Time Stamps (where segments begin):

1. HBT introduction
2. Today’s topic and about today’s guest 1:05
3. Ableism: Discrimination Against Disabled People by The Wheelchair Teen 1:55
4. My question for you 12:50
5. HBT outro

Links referred to in this episode:

Happiness Between Tails blog post for this episode.

The Wheelchair Teen – My life as a black, disabled teenager.

The Wheelchair Teen’s research citation

Photos available at the blog version of this show:

• The Wheelchair Teen in her wheelchair, her wheels, giving a presentation about disabilities to children at a primary school, with her hand over her mouth and the words: “Stop stifling disabled voices in media” on them, and The Disabled Teen having fun in front of a carnival wall.
• Artwork for a disabled character she created for a comic.

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