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4 unusual facts about Disability in the media


Disability in the media

"Little People are Surreal" (examples include the character Tattoo in the television show Fantasy Island; a recurring use of a dwarf as a motif in American film director David Lynch's works, such as Mulholland Drive; and a dwarf actor who appears as a prominent cast extra in the film The Eyes of Laura Mars;

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Assistive Media - Has made over 1000 audio recordings of in-depth titles of mostly serious non-fiction from mainstream periodicals, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and The New York Review of Books, and as of 2011 creates recordings for library use

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Michael J. Dowling (1866-1921) was a prominent Minnesota politician and newspaper publisher, who was also a quadruple amputee.

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Disability rights activist Lex Frieden has stated, "That was the first time that millions of people were exposed to disability rights as the number one story".



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