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Disablity and Media - tropes and the need to move beyond them.

  Disability and media Need to move beyond tropes, - How do we do this?   I have watched some actors I respect because they have an awareness of what needs to happen to shift the media landscape and that it’s a long-term shift because of the way projects are pitched and developed, and I agree with them that it starts in the writers’ rooms, the writers, producers, and showrunners are opening up to more honest storytelling as responses change around storytelling.   They are starting to have an awareness of the shifting media landscapes and how we are consuming different media, so not only competing with streaming services that have saved several shows because they aren’t so reliant on media ratings. Also, there is a growing awareness of the shift to smaller formats like YouTube and live streaming, so they aren’t competing they are joining them, giving more access to actors and behind-the-scenes access, to how they make the shows. Which shows not only the actors but the crew. Unders

Jargon that is used around the NDIS.

  Acronyms and jargon.  Depending on where you are in the world some of these will be familiar to you others may seem new and this is because of the ongoing changes around the program.  I am aware that I am only scratching the surface. As these are words that I have had to understand myself please feel free to correct me if I have something wrong.  NDIS   National disability insurance scheme is a program that replaced the programs that were run by the state and in a medical model of care, this gives clients and their families the ability to choose what they do and how support is delivered.  State care programs   – these were programs that were state-run before the development of the NDIS Duty of care  is the responsibility to ensure a client in the program is protected or aware of the risks of their decisions. High functioning  is the level of function the client has when they have a brain-related injury, disability, or mental impairment.  This can vary depending on the level