NPR: How to Talk About Disability Sensitively and Avoid Ableist Tropes
By Shruti Rajkumar
In the article, Rajkumar addresses how the media captures the experiences of people with disabilities through interviews with members of the disability community itself.
Cara Reedy, the Director and Founder of the Disabled Journalists Association, says in the article, "When you're not talking about poverty and race and disability together, you're not telling the story, you're not digging in. Journalism in particular, we're supposed to be holding power to account. But if you're not checking all those boxes and figuring out how to tell all those stories mixed together, I don't know what you're doin.”
Some key points from the article:
- Common tropes to avoid: inspirational narratives, the assumption that disability lives are all the same and there are no diverse stories, the infantilization of people with disabilities.
- Best practices when talking about disability: center disabled voices, recognize that disability is a culture and identity- not a problem, do research beforehand, recognize intersectionality.
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Talking to Kids About Race &
Mental Health: Six Tips
By Chinwé Williams
This article discusses how parents have felt unprepared while facing the challenges of having conversations about race and mental health with children during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article provides six simple tips to aid them through these conversations:
- It is never too early.
- Realize that racism harms children's mental health.
- Use developmentally appropriate language to counteract negative racial views.
- Be okay with not knowing the answer.
- Utilize books and media resources.
- Empathy begins in relationships.
These six steps aid parents in developing a safe, open, and inclusive space for children to discuss these injustices at a young age and provide parents with strategies to undergo the topic.
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Youth Transition:
Updates, Current Initiatives, and Projects
The South Carolina Disability Employment Coalition collects monthly updates on work-related initiatives, programs, and opportunities for youth with disabilities.
If you are a part of an agency that provides work-related services or opportunities for youth with disabilities, click on the button to the right to submit your agency's latest youth-related employment initiatives!
Submit your agency's employment initiatives!
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