Disability in pop culture 5
February 23, 2009
Family Guy
Family Guy has several examples, so it gets a rather more extensive post.
The Griffin Family
Disability in pop culture 1
September 20, 2008
Charles Xavier
Charles Xavier, leader of the X-Men, is typically depicted in a wheelchair. This character debuted in Uncanny X-Men #1 in 1963.
Professor Charles Xavier
Professor X is a superhero in his own right. The wheelchair serves as a cue that his powers are mental rather than physical. Charles is amongst the most powerful telepaths in the world. While other superheroes deliver physical ass-kickings, Charles’ domain is the mind. Depicting him as an old man (baldness?) in a wheelchair emphasizes this.
Thinking about other examples of how disability is used in popular culture to emphasize some other positive quality…
