"Inspiration porn" and PWDs

[SCIfor55+yrs.]

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinion...-disabled.html

[marvin_cr]

This is exactly what the media is doing with Amy Van Dyken, using her as "Inspiration Porn"

[stephen212]

While it's now only beginning to be discussed (preaching largely to the choir), inspiration porn is not going away. Ever.

[wazabiker]

The "Inspirational Porn" post leads me back to a piece I wrote concerning using PWDs in TV commercials as everyday consumers of the product/service being hawked. These would not be actors chosen for commercials because they have a visible disability, but that they represent a sizeable population who spend their hard earned money the same as ABs, who do not have a lock on consumerism.

This is not inspirational porn, but slices of life, that do not focus on disability. I fail to grasp the reasoning behind not having PWDs in commercials or the silence of our population in not demanding our share of exposure.