Disable People Not Represented on Over 96% of Government Websites, Website Planet, by Sarah Turner: Disabled people are almost non-existent on government and stock-photos websites, and when they are represented, they are not represented as whole individuals, but are only showed for their disability.
Crip Crap: Media about disability, by and for disabled people. Includes a podcast, a blog, reviews about media representation of disability, and consulting.
The Words We Use: CommunicationFIRST’s Style Guide – We are finding our own voice, telling our own truths, and expressing our own individual and collective stories. We are naming ourselves. And we choose our words with great care. This document explains our reasoning behind the words we currently choose to use and avoid. It is the consensus result of many hours of thoughtful reflection, discussion, and debate among the diverse members of CommunicationFIRST’s Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and staff. It is a work in progress.
Disability Language Style Guide, from the National Center on Disability and Journalism. This style guide covers dozens of words and terms commonly used when referring to disability. Available in Spanish, Romanian, and Italian.
The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media. Edited by Katie Ellis, Gerard Goggin, Beth Haller, and Rosemary Curtis. Routledge, New York. 2020. An authoritative and indispensable guide to disability and media, this thoughtfully curated collection features varied and provocative contributions from distinguished scholars globally, alongside next-generation research leaders.
FilmDis – a media monitoring organization advocating for authentic representation and inclusion of disabled people in front of and behind the lens.
For Us, By Us: Chronicling Disability Representation in Media, by Ashtyn Law, Rooted in Rights – What we’ve discovered is that most people have little understanding about what makes disability representation good. This is true for disabled people as well as nondisabled people.
Disability representation in the media, Disability Horizons, June 16, 2011: Disability Horizons contributor Sarah Ismail writes about the portrayal of disability in the media and provides an analysis of the current state of affairs.