Representation of Disability (Casuality)

The representation of disability is clear to see throughout the clip. There are 4 separate example of how disabled people have been portrayed through the use of different media techniques. The first representation of disability that I will focus on is a man in a wheelchair. This man is physically disabled which is portrayed by the use of a wheelchair (prop) throughout the entirety of the clip. As the clip progresses his disability is made much clearer in a number of other ways such as when he cannot use the toilet without the help of his brother and when he struggles to make a call with a mobile phone due to the fact that it is too small for him to handle, which are both made possible by his performance. furthermore, it could be said that the way he is represented is some what negative towards disabled people in that in every scene, the man in the wheelchair has the camera angled slightly downwards. This creates the impression of the man being small and weak and others having some sort of advantage over him, which is how society as a whole may look upon people who have a disability. In addition, the dialogue which is used is key to the portrayal of the man in the wheelchair. There is a moment when the man in the wheelchair says "quit pushing me around" in quite an aggressive manner which may lead an audience to believe that this man is possibly using his anger in order to appear bigger than what he is, possibly because he lacks control over himself as he constantly needs assistance. This idea is furthered when in the dialogue he states "I'm going to have to start looking for a career" this again makes us aware of just how physically disabled he is as he cannot do even the simplest of things independently like care for himself.