Summary Of Charles A. Riley Disability And The Media

Charles A. Riley II writes in his article “Disability and The Media: Prescriptions for Change” to make the audience aware that media must change how they view people with disabilities. He uses pathos to appeal to the audience that media often portrays people who have a disability as piteous stories. Riley believes that there is more to these people than what the news covers and should be given the opportunity to be acknowledged by the public. Riley uses famous stories, effects of stories on disability and how we see disability today. He describes celebrities whose greater achievements are made little by the media. From an earlier age, tales of disability were projected heinous and inspiring causing unseen damage to the appearance of people
with a disability. Appendix A is given to show the proper ways to address and report of a person with a disability. This way people with a disability are treated as human beings and the public is informed appropriately.