tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post4150656478479282326..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: A Quiz - What do You Think?Dave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-82098368234323763292017-07-25T22:23:59.068-04:002017-07-25T22:23:59.068-04:00It's not like it's hard for the concept of...It's not like it's hard for the concept of an accessible apartment to escape the writers' minds - they are few and far between, laws or no laws. I was very lucky to get into this one and I know it. It was also built just a few years ago; older complexes don't have them.<br /><br />It would be so much easier for everything to be built accessible from the get-go.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886730530004965803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-10746420958648267792017-07-25T12:02:49.861-04:002017-07-25T12:02:49.861-04:00As a writer with several disabilities, I have writ...As a writer with several disabilities, I have written a mainstream novel with a disabled character - and it is incredibly difficult to market. <br /><br />But the whole novel wouldn't be the same otherwise - the characters make the difference.<br /><br />I had a reviewer say, "I couldn't think of any book I'd read, recently, involving a character with a disability or chronic illness – a significant hole in terms of diversity."<br /><br />There are some other books/movies, but they promote the disabled character taking him/herself out of the way - a 'solution' that infuriates me.<br /><br />We LIVE. We love. We have things happen to us. We make things happen - all of which should be reflected in the entertainment we use to relax.ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-87160895410174433542017-07-25T11:10:16.907-04:002017-07-25T11:10:16.907-04:00You are right to be pleased. You are also right to...You are right to be pleased. You are also right to be disappointed.<br /><br />And this is why we need disabled actors to play disabled roles, so they can mention these details to the writers (though if the character was killed off before the apartment showed up on screen, if the actor who played the part might not have seen that part of the script, and was sitting at home watching the episode and facepalming just as hard as you were).<br /><br />So we also need disabled people behind the camera, too: in the writers' room (says the writer).CapriUnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906524679880178584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-60737399319592716352017-07-25T09:44:05.754-04:002017-07-25T09:44:05.754-04:00It's true, many wheelchair users don't liv...It's true, many wheelchair users don't live in apartments that are really accessible. In my city, and in many cities, there are not many choices if you can't stand up and walk into and around the bathroom, and you can't get up any steps. There are some newer places built after 1992, all on the expensive side, leaving out many. Public housing/subsidized housing has wait lists and leaves you out if you are over income for your family size, some senior citizen places are accessible but most have wait lists/need to be low income and fit the proper age category. For years I lived in a place where I had to keep the door off the bathrooom to be able to get into it and there was no turning space inside. I work two full time jobs to be able to afford the place I have. Even one job, and I would be over income for subsidized housing, and leave too little to pay the bills after paying market rent. Last time I saw a disabled character on TV, I was watching a show in the hospital. Nurse thought I would be upset because the character, a wheelchair user, turned out to be a killer. I was bothered more by the fact that he was portrayed as incapable of having a satisfying sex life. Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12064897477140634544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73554041439923804142017-07-25T09:33:58.358-04:002017-07-25T09:33:58.358-04:00Well, it's a start...and my sense is that most...Well, it's a start...and my sense is that most entertainment media does not get a lot of the details right..and that anyone who is very familiar with the subject/setting of the piece can identify errors and omissions easily.<br />you are correct that it is a plot failure/editing failure to realize the impact of WC mobility on the part of a key person in a crime that is being investigated.<br />clairesmum<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382503094929375543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-86486243584508194612017-07-25T08:15:57.281-04:002017-07-25T08:15:57.281-04:00It's also a missed opportunity to talk about h...It's also a missed opportunity to talk about how a lot of wheelchair users don't live in very accessible apartments. Utter Randomnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010190479645800897noreply@blogger.com