The song “Spasticus Autisticus” was played out to our class at the beginning of the lesson, this song is by a band called the Blockheads. The lead singer of the band had a disease called Polio, this stopped the growth and development in one of his legs. The song is about people with disabilities but because someone with a disability wrote it it was accepted by the public and other physically or mentally disabled people.
As a class we shared our own personal opinions and feelings towards people with a disability and how we felt when we were around someone with a disability. Some views were different to others, some people felt extremely uncomfortable, some people felt sympathy and some people admitted they would rather try and avoid anyone with a disability. If confronted by someone with a disability most of the class said they would rather be with someone with a physical disability than a mental disability. One thing that the majority of the class agreed on was that we all didn’t want to seem patronising when around someone with a mental or a physical disability.
Famous disabled people-
Stephan Hawking- Wheel chair
Heather Mills- One leg
Gordon Brown- One eye
Steve Wonder- Blind
Verne Troyer- Dwarf
Muhammad Ali- Parkinson’s disease
Gary Coleman- Dwarf
Albert Einstein- Autistic
Leonardo Divinci- Autistic
Ian Dury- Polio
Terry Pratchett- Alzheimer’s
Rya Charles- Blind
Mozart- Deaf
Blaine Harrison- Spina bifida
Famous films with characters with disabilities-
Rainman- Dustin Hoffman
Forrest Gump- Tom Hanks
My left foot- Daniel Day
I am Sam- Sean Penn
Born on the 4th of July- Tom Cruise
Water boy- Adam Sandler
The ringer- Johnny Knoxville
The curious case of Benjamin Button- Brad Pitt
Unbreakable- Samuel L Jackson
IRobot- Will Smith
Million dollar baby- Hilary Swank
Avatar- Sam Worthington
Some of these films show the character with the disability being a hero, this could be shown to other people with any kind of disability that they can make a different. A few of these films were nominated and won amazing awards.
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