Amy Allen Sekhar

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Amy Allen Sekhar holds a PhD in French literature and is a rogue scholar and disability activist whose primary research focuses on Otherness in French literature, cinema, and culture. She is currently engaged in interdisciplinary research in portrayals of identity and the disabled body, issues relating to disability in academia. She also writes an excellent blog, Lilliputiae, informed by her own rumination on life with a disability.

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Speechless and the TV Representation of Disability

By Amy Allen Sekhar • October 12, 2016

The world of disability activism has been buzzing about the new ABC sitcom Speechless. So, what’s the big deal? While there are certainly shows that have characters with disabilities, there are currently none in which the premise of the show depends on disability as essential to the dynamic in a family sitcom. For the disability… Read more →