Media
Media that represents disability is something we’re passionate about at Rooted in Rights. In these pieces, you’ll learn why authentic representation is so important to making change.
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- Autism and Neurodiversity
- Community Building
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- Criminal Justice
- Cultural Commentary
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- Disability Vote
- Education
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- Employment
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- Guide
- Health
- LGBTQIA+
- Media
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- Mental Health
- Policy
- Race and Disability
- Relationships and Sex
- Sexual Harassment and Abuse
- Storytellers
- Technology
- Theory
- Transportation
- Trauma
For the Disability Community, Authentic Representation Makes a World of Difference
When I was in sixth grade, I started a scrapbook of articles about disabled people. Each article was carefully cut out from newspapers and magazines, or printed out from the early 2000s Internet, and slipped into a page protector in…
An Open Letter to Hollywood: Inauthentic Representation of Disability Isn’t Representation At All
Growing up, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to be. It’s a fruitless endeavor at any age, really. But as a young disabled woman, my daydreams were harder to contrive than I imagine they were …
Rooted in Rights Reviews – Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
The prologue to Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner starts with the words, “I never wished I didn’t have a disability.” It’s a powerful way to begin a memoir, one…
Rooted in Rights Reviews: Come As You Are
Content note: sexual harassment Come As You Are is a comedy about three disabled men and their trip to Montréal, Canada to lose their virginity at a brothel. The film, which is coming to theaters on February 14, opens to…
Sundance TV’s “This Close” Strengthened My Marriage
“You have to learn to cue,” I gruffly tell my husband after backing our car into a spot outside my nephew’s birthday party at a noisy, monster-themed sports facility. I am referring to Cued Speech, a visual communication mode made…
Scoot Smart!
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) teamed up with Disability Rights Oregon, Rooted in Rights, and Lime to release a new e-scooter safety video
Mental Voices Africa and Rooted in Rights
Rooted in Rights has partnered with Mental Voices Africa to promote international advocacy for those of us with mental health disabilities. In October 2019, Noela Luka, Chairperson for Mental Voices Africa, and Allexa Laycock, Editor for Rooted in Rights, led…
Mental Voices Africa – Harrison
Harrison describes the difficulty in acquiring a disability card as a person with bipolar disorder.