Comments on: "disability chic" http://danine.net/2010/02/09/disability-chic/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:24:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Criss http://danine.net/2010/02/09/disability-chic/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Criss Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:05:46 +0000 http://danine.net/blog2/?p=1089#comment-356 As an actress, she's used to posing and pretending, then going on with her life as "normal" when the shoot is over. She probably didn't see this photo shoot as anything different from playing any other role... and that's the problem. People with disabilities aren't characters you play to get an Oscar nomination. They're actual people, and TAB people need to realize this. Stop using disabilities as an accessory or trendy fad. As an actress, she’s used to posing and pretending, then going on with her life as “normal” when the shoot is over. She probably didn’t see this photo shoot as anything different from playing any other role… and that’s the problem.

People with disabilities aren’t characters you play to get an Oscar nomination. They’re actual people, and TAB people need to realize this. Stop using disabilities as an accessory or trendy fad.

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