Comments on: ZOMG! Look! A Disabled Person Does Something! https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/ableism/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/ Changing the Cultural Conversation Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Elizabeth McClung https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/ableism/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-297 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:38 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-297 In reply to Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg.

They imply that Rudy is ‘slow’ as well as small, because there is no reason a small male couldn’t be a kicker, wide reciever or running back.

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/ableism/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-296 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:29 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-296 In reply to Elizabeth McClung.

Hi Elizabeth,

Thanks for letting me know about those movies. I’ve seen the movie Rudy, but didn’t consider it a disability film, since the issue for Rudy seems to be that he’s a rather small man, but not a disabled one. Am I remembering that correctly?

]]> By: Elizabeth McClung https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/ableism/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-295 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:19 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-295 Just to let you know, there are already three ‘disability football’ movies, including one about making a field kick, and other about going out for ‘one play’ – that one is called Rudy. Sports is my thing, as are films. As for me, I always like the Brazilian boy with three functional legs who played ‘football’ (US soccer) until puberty, then switched to two legs. Great player, high scorer, oddly, no movie made.

If you want a film that makes people squirmy, and who no one thinks is ‘inspirational’, try Pumpkin with Christinna Ricci (sic). It might also bring up some squirmy parts in the self, as it did for me – on what constitutes ‘sports’ and ‘relationship’.

]]> By: CelticRose https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/ableism/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-294 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:02:08 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/zomg-look-a-disabled-person-does-something/#comment-294 Thank you for this. I often get irritated by stories like this, and I wonder if it would even be a story if the person didn’t have a disability. Or why people can’t just be recognized for their accomplishments without having their personal lives dragged into it.

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