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Disability & TV – The Mik Scarlet Lecture – Part 3

December 8, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

Before I explore the subject of content, disability and television I feel I must just quickly give my solution of the issue of the title of the C4 show “Freaks of Nature”, that I posed in my last blog. The answer is a question mark. “Freaks of Nature?” not only

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Disability & TV – The Mik Scarlet Lecture – Part 2

December 4, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

In my last blog I hope I helped to explain why most disabled people find the use of the words brave and courageous in television output offensive, and why these words can have an effect the the mental health of anyone during the process of readjustment that occurs after coming

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The Paralympics, the Portrayal and another word beginning with P.

August 30, 2010 by Mik Scarlet

This week all of TV land has marked two years to go before the launch of the Paralympics with massive coverage of the event. Most London news programs spent the week featuring stories on Paralympic sports and the start of the build up to the historic event, and Channel 4

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