Annals of Communication and Disabilities

ABSTRACT

Canadian Journal of Communication, 18(1)<https//www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal /article/view/718> This short article is an early piece in CJC that comments on the media's role in shaping public perceptions of people with disabilities as objects of pity, abhorrence, or inspiration. Canadian Journal of Communication, 28(2) https//www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1358 Twenty-three years alter Stein's article, Barbara Schneider published this empirical study examining how people diagnosed with schizophrenia reconstruct positive identities in the face of the stigmatizing discourses they experience daily. Yukari Seko is an Assistant Professor, School of Professional Communication at Ryerson University and an Adjunct Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.