This exhibit explores how news reports of medical providers who use assistive technology reveal arbitrary and stigmatizing classifications and reinforce cultural narratives that ultimately perpetuate exclusion of disabled individuals in medicine and beyond. The objective of this exhibit is not to showcase the many and varied technological devices that are gradually increasing access and opportunity in medical professions. Neither does this exhibit seek to blame specific reporters, news outlets, or disabled subjects for their role in maintaining prevalent cultural narratives. Rather, this exhibit frames examples of news reports from the 21st century in the context of historical perspectives of disability to invite critical examination and highlight emerging opportunities to counter oppressive attitudes and assumptions.
