Representation of disability

Breaking Bad - Walter Jr.
Game of Thrones - Tyrion, Hodor, Bran
The Walking dead - Hershel

777,000 disabled children under 16
1 in 5 are disabled (people of working age)

10 Stereotypes of disabled people (Paul Hunt, 1991)
- Pitiable or pathetic
- An object if curiosity
-Sinister or Evil
-The super cripple
-As the atmosphere
- Laughable
-Their own worst enemy
-A burden
-Non sexual
-Unable to participate in everyday life

Shakespeare - 1999
"Impairment is made the most important thing"
"objectified and distanced from the audience"

•Why is this clip funny?

•How is Warwick Davis represented represented?

•Are we meant to be laughing at the disabled person?

•Are they the ‘butt’ of the joke?

•How many of Paul Hunt’s (1991) stereotypes does this 

clip comply with?  

•In what way does the representation comply with 

Shakespeares  STEREOTYPE!

•Are we as society being cultivated to think that we should 

pity disability?