This is a collection of the best disability movies of all time. Now, this is an ongoing work in progress, categorizing and organizing movies by disability, by genre, by discussion potential.
I try and include discussion questions when possible in a review of a movie, to help with discussions.
Best Disability Movies of All Time
This is a blog post about "Shakespeare in Tokyo" - a short film about a man with Down syndrome exploring Tokyo. The short film is also linked in full within the post so that you can watch it here! I first moved to Tokyo when I was 15 years old. I moved to Tokyo as
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This fantastic list of movies about rare diseases and disorders that you might be interested in reading was pulled together by Rae Hower. Rae is joining me to coordinate the Disability Book & Movie Club. Get to know her through her bio at the end of this post. The movies below are linked to wherever I could
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This post is about love and disability in the movies - I have 9 movies that go across the disability spectrum and are about love for you to watch. I tried to get the free versions on YouTube for you, and linked to both Netflix and Amazon as well, when possible. I know finding and
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This post is about the Netflix movie, BirdBox. Don't read this post if you hate spoilers, because it's full of them! My good friend came over the other day and we watched BirdBox together (pausing all the way through to make sure our kids weren't watching, that they were playing nicely, for our own popcorn
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I don't really want to talk about this before you watch it. So please watch it! The Interviewer Now that you've watched it, I'd love to hear what you thought about it! Buy A Copy of It For Yourself or Your Company
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I am a member of Netflix #DVDNation. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are of course, my own. #ad This post is about the movie, Loving Vincent, which I watched through DVD Netflix. I am writing this as Netflix is celebrating 20 years of being in our lives (visit the Netflix 20th Anniversary Page
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I am a member of Netflix #DVDNation. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are of course, my own. #ad This post is about my favorite movies from 1998. Why 1998? Well, I love Netflix, and Netflix is celebrating 20 years of DVD's right now. In honor of Netflix, I took a look back at
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I am a member of Netflix #DVDNation. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are of course, my own. #ad This post is about the TV series, Switched at Birth, which I have been watching through DVD Netflix. I am writing this as Netflix is celebrating 20 years of being in our lives (visit the
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I'm an enormous Wonder Woman fan. So much so that for as long as I remember, it's been the go-to for most people I know who want to give me something (Meriah's birthday? Oh, hey! Wonder Woman card/frame/keychain/t-shirt/headband/notebook/socks/earrings/poster/pen). Totally not complaining over here - I always love it. I was really, REALLY excited about the
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My Body Doesn't Oppress Me; Society Does Understanding the social and medical models of disability can be difficult for people who are raised in the mainstream non-disabled (and usually inaccessible) American culture. Understanding the concept of Universal Access can also be difficult - and so Dean Spade has created a super-awesome short, a conversation between Stacey
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The new short gets it right
Episode 12 of the abc show, Speechless h-e-r HERO knocked the ball out of the park with the disability narrative
“Speechless” is the new TV show that takes on some of the toughest issues in the disability community, laughing all the while.