Representation of Disability:

Disability Stereotypes:

• Vulnerable
• Incapable
• Unintelligent
• Unattractive
• Lonely 
• Left out

In his 1991 study, Paul Hunt identified 10 stereotypes that the media use to portray disabled people:

• The disabled person as pitiable or pathetic: example Christy Brown from My Left Foot 
• An object of curiosity or violence: example Lenni from of mice and men
• Sinister or evil: example Steve Barker from Ringer
• The super cripple: example daredevil from daredevil
• As atmosphere: example Becky from Glee
• Laughable: Forest from Forest Gump
• His/her own worst enemy: king George from The Kings Speech 
• As a burden: example Sam Dawson from I am Sam
• As Non-sexual: example Layla from Tracy Beaker
• Being unable to participate in daily life: example Arnie Grape from Whats eating Gilbert Grape

Disability in TV drama:

• Walt JR - Breaking Bad (Cerebral Palsy)
• Artie -  Glee (wheel chair)
• Becky - Glee (Down syndrome)
• Layla - Tracy Beaker (Cerebral Palsy)
• JJ - Skins (Panic Attacks)
• Tony - Skins (Brain Damage)