Portraying disability in a positive light

• using humor to challenge and break down barriers and discomfort within and surrounding the topic

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• Making more of an impact through tone- The ideas are more digestible and relatable

• Connecting better with more people

• Encouraging understanding through used language

• Inspiring to dream, make an impact

she talks about the representation about people with disabilities and how a call to action could maybe be more accommodating and positive

approach isn't super serious but in a more positive light and how we should be moving in a more positive direction

comes back to the whole idea of not seeing a disability as a terrible and sad thing

she uses the example of how she didn't get to play a part in a play that has a character with cerebral palsy, and it shows how more able bodied people are presented with more opportunities

in media being disabled is seen as an entire personality rather than just part of a person (like how someone with curly hair would just be a person with curly hair and not just "the curly hair guy")

Purposeful Steps Away From Ableism: Message - It is important to choose words/ use language that is inclusive of disabled people, “words that will create spaces where we can all live our best lives.”

99 Problems: the disbelief in the word can’t and how it can shape or form the future; disability is as visual as race

Using inclusive language to create space for others is a very simple and essential way to make others feel welcome and shift the way you and those around you think about disabilities.

“Can’t”, a word/mindset being one of, if not the greatest barrier to overcome.

Language as formative (ex. Tabs - Temporarily able-bodied) implies the all of us are likely to experience or know someone with disability; ableism is ingrained deeply in our society that it become hard to point out and thus perpetuate disadvantage; ableism the enemy of equal access for all people

targeting language on an interpersonal level- impacting change on a larger scale

Importance of being aware of others as well as yourself within language and interaction and what/how you present/represent

creating environments that are accessible and inclusive- physical spaces as well as mental/internal spaces

Actively playing a role in changing community view and understanding

Empowering disabled community

Zayid's parents treating her as an equal among her sisters and gave her the confidence and opportunities to live her life, and how social media may have ruined that for her. Defy expectations and perseverance

Zayid -The underrepresentation of disability in media is MASSIVE. The struggle for representation.

Seale - "Language can lessen the trauma in the world". Changing our language can bring people together and to give EVERYONE a voice. We must empower, rather than limit like when we label. Changing language takes little effort but makes a HUGE difference

We must recognize our roles in ableism, as it has been embedded into our socialization.

TABs was a new term and it separates disabled people and non-disabled people into a range of abilities everyone has. Natural diversity, and diversity is inevitable.