It matters, he tells pharmaphorum, as it creates role models and lets young people know that their disability does not define them. “When you think that something like 22% of the population has some form of disability, you have to question how that counts as representation.” “There are some positive disabled characters, but nine times out of ten their sole purpose in the programme is based around their disability,” says Ross, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 2 when he was a toddler. They tend to be portrayed as struggling with their disability, rather than dealing with all the same highs and lows of life as everyone else. On our screens, for example, people with disabilities are often one-dimensional, he says. But disability is one thing that always seems to get left behind.”
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“On TV and in the media now, you are starting to see all sorts of people: people of different shapes and sizes, different races, different sexual orientations. He says: “While we still have such a long way to go, I think things have improved over the last few years. From #MeToo to Black Lives Matter, as a society we have been discussing the relationship between representation and equality more than ever over the last few years.īut while progress is being made in so many areas, people with disabilities are still struggling to find a voice above the accepted narrative, says Ross Lannon, the 27-year-old blogger and multi-media content creator behind A Life on Wheels.
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