The 90s television shows have a special place in our hearts, bringing with them memories that we carry with us as we grow older. Nickelodeon’s Winterville is celebrating 29 years since it first aired on the kids’ network we all love and know today. Watching Nickelodeon Weinerville with my mom on Saturday nights was a…
Watching “Wish Upon a Star” from the Little Mermaid series teaches you these lessons
Watching “Wish Upon a Star” from the Little Mermaid series teaches you these lessons I recently decided to watch an episode from the Disney Channel series “Little Mermaid” that aired from 1993 to 1997. An episode of the series Wish Upon a Star featured a mermaid named Gabriella living in the ocean with hearing loss…
Four 90s and early 2000s shows that missed a great opportunity to include disability and inclusion
For our podcast disability nostalgia, it has been a while since I posted a blog or a podcast. However, once this summer is over I will be producing more episodes. I’ve been busy working on books and spending time with my family. To begin with, let me introduce today’s article. This is about television shows…
Why Miracle in Lane 2 is a phenomenal Disney Channel original dcom
Miracle in Lane two first aired on Disney Channel on May 13, 2000, it was directed by Greg Beeman and starred Frankie Muniz who played the main protagonist of Justin Yoder .Based on a true story, a 13-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair is determined to win a trophy like his athletic older brother. Miracle…
Award-winning novel out of my mind to be adapted into a Disney+ original film
It was recently announced that award-winning novel Out of my mind by Sharon Deep is going to be adapted into a Disney + original film. Out of my mind‘s main protagonist Melody the narrator and protagonist. She is almost eleven years old and she was born with cerebral palsy, which means that she cannot control…
Has Disney Dcom’s reached expiration date and will it effect disability representation?
It’s no secret that Disney Channel original movies a.k.a. Disney Channel Dcoms were a big part of our nostalgic childhood , my earliest memory of watching a Disney Dcoms ones with my cousin Gianni shortly after moving to Florida back in 2001. From that day forward I never missed a Disney Channel Dcom when it…
The real issue with disability in representation with in films
Over the years, disability and representation within film has always been something as ordinary people with disabilities have tried to bring awareness to by telling our stories one day at a time. Although there have been many improvements too disability and representation within the film industry there’s also still an obstacle that we still come…
Adult animation and disability representation
It’s no secret that Comedy Central South Park has represented people with disabilities for years within their continent. The question that keeps getting brought up in the disability community is does Comedy Central’s South Park give us the proper representation when it comes to us with disabilities ? At first if you would’ve asked me…
The one problem you’ll see on television and representation…
As a person with a disability, who’s watched TV for several years and has a dream of becoming a TV show developer and film maker to bring awareness to those with disabilities and more inclusion within television. I have noticed one problem with the television and representation which is you’re never gonna get the proper…
My 3 top favorite shows from the 90s that represented a disability
Over the decade of the 90s we saw very little representation with in TV toward those with disabilities but when we did it was always a fun and good time so with that being said I decided that I wanted to post my top five favorite shows from the 90s and early 2000s that featured…