This declaration was prepared and adopted at the European Congress on “Media and Disability” held in Athens on 13-14 June, 2003 by over 300 participants from different parts of the media, media networks, advertising and communication companies, organizations of disabled…
Colin Barnes – Disabling Imagery And The Media
Disabling Imagery And The Media An Exploration of the Principles for Media Representations of Disabled People the First in a Series of Reports by Colin Barnes
Media Guidelines for the Portrayal of Disabled People ILO
Media Guidelines for the Portrayal of Disabled People Ireland, made by the ILO.
TV Tropes
TV Tropes has many examples of disability portrayal mainly in USA
Ouch BBC Podcasts
Ouch BBC Podcasts cover a wide range of issues including portrayal.
On Wikipedia
The article of Disability in the Media.
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters report
A summary by Media Smarts of Common Portrayals of Persons with Disabilities in Canada.
Representations of Disability Slideshow
A slideshow covering a range of stereotyped images propagated by the media. See it here.
A tale of two general election years
Article by Jenny Morris depicting the stark change in public and political attitudes to disability between 1992 and today.
Media Representation of Disabled People
A concise overview by Lucy Wood. http://www.disabilityplanet.co.uk/critical-analysis.html