Disability Media: Films, TV, Radio and Documentaries

Today Radio and Television media outlets play an increasing role in forging a cultural identity and a sense of community among people with disabilities around the world, regardless of the nature and the extent of their disability.

Disability radio stations mainly present information and entertainment primarily of interest to people with a disability or medical condition.

Programs listed provide disability news and information services, as well as general day-today disability issues of interest to persons with disabilities, their families, caregivers, and friends.

Disability podcasts are a series of digital media files, either audio or video, that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication, podcasts often include audio recordings and short-subject literary works from reputable mainstream periodicals and independent writers, providing a mixture of interesting and educational material for persons with a disability.

Some of the topics covered by disability broadcasting stations include:

• Disability information and News
• Music by recording artists with disabilities
• Independent living advice and information
• Phone-in and talk-back radio programs
• Radio and Television broadcasts of disability sporting events and competitions.