This illuminating article highlights many facets of disability culture present in Finding Dory.
excerpt:
“People with disabilities do not see themselves very often reflected in popular culture with authenticity steeped in the lived experience. Not only are many disabled characters played by non-disabled people; the storytellers are usually non-disabled who craft narratives about disability by using stereotypes and cliched tropes, robbing disabled characters and stories of agency and diversity.”
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The article covers three main themes:
#1: Parental anxiety and support
#2: Social Exclusion and Ableism
#3: Collective Access
Article author: Alice Wong, via thenerdsofcolor.org
https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2016/06/28/finding-dory-disability-culture-and-collective-access/