Disabled Geeks: Improve Representation of Disability in Wikis

Alice Wong

11 years ago

A panel from a comic book. On the left is an image of a blond woman holding fruit roll-ups. She is blonde, has blue eyes and wear glasses. She's holding the snacks and there's a bubble that says, "Fruit Snack?" on the right side is another image of the same woman in a wheelchair wheeling herself. She is wearing a green top and dark blue pants

Calling all geeky crips! Do you have a favorite comic book character with a disability?

Do you find wiki posts about disabled comic book characters ableist, inaccurate or devoid of a disability perspective?

If so, we’re looking for you!

Dominick Evans and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project are looking for volunteers to update various entries in comic book wikis.

How to participate:

1. Select a Wiki that has an entry of a comic book character w/ a disability. Here are a few:

Marvel Comics Wiki

Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki

Marvel Universe Wiki

DC Comics Wiki

DC Movies Wiki

2. Update an entry of your favorite character, adding your perspective and interpretation as a disabled person.

3. Let us know by tweeting us the link of the updated wiki entry: @dominickevans @DisVisibility with the hashtag #FilmDis or email Dominick: geekycripswiki@gmail.com

Don’t know what a wiki is? Check this out: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/

HAVE FUN!!

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