Are The Physically Disabled Exploited On Reality TV?

Faith W | February 25, 2008

For every reality show like Little People, Big World, that shows that people who are physically different from most are actually very much like us all, there are shows that seem to have a freak-show feel to them like The Half-Ton Man documentary on Discovery Health.

There was a very good article by Sussanna Schrobsdorff on Newsweek.com that explores the role of those who are physically different on reality television. Click here to read it.