Tag: representation

Why do major stock-image companies have dozens of misleading AI-generated images of amputees in their catalogs? We asked a senior ...

As more movies with limb-different characters get made, new archetypes are starting to emerge. Amputee representation on the big screen ...

Despite many recent triumphs, limb difference and other forms of disability remain badly underrepresented in popular entertainment. That’s the finding ...

Mech Cadets, a brand new Netflix series, is the first animated series to feature a disabled character that was written ...

Barbie and Oppenheimer, the two blockbusters that shattered box-office records over the weekend, both have meaningful on-screen depictions of limb ...

Amputee comedians like Courtney Gilmour and Tre NuBB make audiences howl. They also get people to think seriously about disability.

In a 30-minute interview, hear filmmaker Ashley Eakin explain why stories about disability are garnering so much attention these days—and ...

When amputees are shown in mass media, it sends a message: We deserve to be seen. And yet there are ...

Are amputees the ultimate losers of the “bionic arms race”? Can a one-armed person succeed as a hairstylist? Can bicycling ...

Amputee war photographer Giles Duley has seen more inhumanity than most of people can fathom. But those experiences have only ...

Born with fibular hemimelia, Isa Slish is the first Gerber icon with a congenital limb difference. Here are five things ...

Last January, Amplitude shared a set of expectations for amputees in 2021.  They weren’t predictions, per se; more like educated ...

Want to break into acting? A prestigious Apple TV series called Little America is currently holding auditions for an amputee ...

If you enjoyed the article in our current issue about amputee naval officers in the 19th-century British Navy, here's good ...

NBC's new series La Brea tackles limb loss within the first 30 seconds of Episode 1. The intro music is ...

By Amy Di Leo, MS “When toy brands are including us, it helps with the whole attitude that there is ...