Mainstream TV media could care less about people with disabilities, why is that?

Earthquakes Terror tornadoes monkeypox the sky is falling at least that’s what the media wants you to think you know what the media doesn’t talk about is issues around people with disabilities they never talk about issues surrounding people with disabilities.

Why does the media talk about everything under the sun but when it comes to issues surrounding people with disabilities they’re hardly or never there especially when it comes to TV media the old saying is if it doesn’t bleed it doesn’t lead.

Here are five issues that the media could talk about to make people with disabilities’ lives better.

Products: the cost of living when you have a disability when it comes to equipment and medical supplies is astronomical the unfortunate thing about medical equipment is that sometimes they’re not always covered and you have to work around what is covered shower chairs are not covered but the media doesn’t talk about that people with disabilities need to take showers at least wheelchair-bound because you can easily develop pressure sores.

How Nursing homes are run: if the media covered what went on in nursing homes and how they run then nursing homes with probably be better than what they are now granted they’re not as bad as they used to be but they still need work because serious things could happen to innocent people a lot of times people with disabilities end up in nursing homes because their insurance is don’t pay for Inpatient Rehab but that never gets covered only on YouTube.

Transportation: not a lot of people particularly paraplegics Drive because it’s so expensive to drive it’s it’s an issue that never gets covered never gets talked about because there’s no such show to talk about the transportation issue and even public transportation is a bit of a mess but it doesn’t always get covered at least by the TV media if it got covered by the TV media it probably would be get better but because it’s not sexy it doesn’t get covered.

Job rate: the job rate in America is pretty poor however there are alternatives out there like being a social media influencer but not everybody can be a social media influencer, not everybody wants to be a social media influencer to be Fair stores are almost thing of the past considering how there’s online shopping but it would be nice if the media would cover the job rate of unemployed people with disabilities because it’s pretty high with no end in sight.

Sporting events: sporting events for people with disabilities have gotten a little better however I could be better just covering the Special Olympics and Paralympics is not enough there are a lot of adaptive Sports out there that are competitive and worth watching but the media for whatever reason doesn’t want to take the time to cover competitive adaptive Sports probably because they think it won’t generate that much money and probably because they rely on sponsors which is another issue sponsors probably don’t think that adaptive sports are worth their time at least not seriously.

If the media would ever talk about issues that people with disabilities are dealing with the world would be a better place because it would bring awareness where awareness is not found with people with disabilities.


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