Jul 26, 2026 · 9 min · 6 segments
Kitty Wasasala delves into 'The Kids From OWL' - a superhero spy show from the 1980's about disabled kids with computerised wheelchairs and stun guns. * * * Hosted on Acast. See…
If you thought of Addy from Glee, I swear to God, I did too.
If so, what is their disability? Is it physical, neurological, neurodevelopmental, something else? Is the disability the focus of their character? Is the disability represented fairly and accurately? Is the character played by a disabled actor? And perhaps, most importantly, and I swear this is the last question, how did this character make you feel? Kia ora, ko Kiti ahau and I am a community reporter for The D-List.
For now it's a mini podcast on the history of disabled characters in New Zealand media.
It could be just me, it could be other people, it might be other things like an article or a zine about the way that disabled characters make us think about ourselves.
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