Media representation of disability

7 November 2011

There has been a significant increase in the amount of negative reporting of disability issues in the print media, according to a report by the University of Glasgow, commissioned by disability equality organisation, Inclusion London.

The university’s website summarises the findings in a press release, saying “the study compared print media articles from 2004/5 and 2010/11 and found a reduction in the proportion of articles which describe disabled people in sympathetic and deserving terms.”