{"id":392913,"date":"2019-01-27T02:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T10:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=392913"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:20:44","slug":"ep-43-disabled-fakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/01\/27\/ep-43-disabled-fakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 43: Disabled &#8220;Fakers&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9047\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-392913-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=392913-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_43_Final.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('392913-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_392913-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_392913-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=392913-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D392913\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today\u2019s episode is about disabled \u201cfakers,\u201d that is, the misconceptions and stereotypes of disabled people exaggerating or faking their disabilities. I talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DorfmanDoron\">Doron Dorfman<\/a>, incoming Associate Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law, who conducted two case studies on this subject during his time at Stanford Law School. We talk about his research and disability studies at Stanford including the campus initiative that made it happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dyrgV1LWy-jD_Pit11R-xSiy2xRRDg2JPKlhwqc1Ev8\/edit?usp=sharing\">[Google doc]<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Disabled-_Fakers_.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/law.stanford.edu\/directory\/doron-dorfman\/\">Doron Dorfman bio, Stanford Law School.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kolluru, Srinvindhya. (November 25, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsity.ca\/2018\/11\/25\/u-of-t-student-calls-for-disability-studies-program\/\">U of T student calls for Disability Studies program.<\/a> The Varsity.<\/p>\n<p>Leary, Alaina. (November 9, 2017).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/lifestyle\/health-fitness\/stop-shaming-for-using-accessible-parking-spots-disability\/\">We need to stop shaming \u201cfakers\u201d for using accessible parking spots \u2014 and start understanding what disability really looks like.<\/a> Hello Giggles.<\/p>\n<p>Picciuto, Elizabeth. (April 6, 2016).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/disneyland-cracks-down-on-fake-disabilities-forgets-real-ones\">Disneyland Cracks Down on Fake Disabilities, Forgets Real Ones.<\/a>\u00a0The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>Samrai, Yasmin. (May 11, 2018).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2018\/05\/11\/disability-studies-class-renewed-for-next-academic-year\/\">Disability studies class renewed for next academic year.<\/a> The Stanford Daily.<\/p>\n<p>Tuttle, Brad. (October 12, 2013).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/business.time.com\/2013\/10\/12\/national-epidemic-of-horrible-people-pretending-to-be-disabled\/\">National Epidemic of Horrible People Pretending to Be Disabled.<\/a> Time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been called a faker for using my phone &amp; white cane. Disability shaming &amp; policing means disabled people are afraid to ask for support or use their mobility aids. <\/p>\n<p>Stop judging disabled people by your misinformed prejudiced views. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pUyNAzYVrJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/pUyNAzYVrJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr Amy Kavanagh (@BlondeHistorian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlondeHistorian\/status\/1089447320490516481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_392917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-392917\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"392917\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/01\/27\/ep-43-disabled-fakers\/doron-dorfman\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?fit=1535%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1535,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Doron Dorfman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A headshot of a white man with dark hear and eyes smiling straight to the camera. He is wearing a blue colored shirt and square dark blue eyeglasses. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-392917\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?resize=325%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A headshot of a white man with dark hear and eyes smiling straight to the camera. He is wearing a blue colored shirt and square dark blue eyeglasses.\" width=\"325\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Doron-Dorfman.jpg?w=1535&amp;ssl=1 1535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-392917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A headshot of a white man with dark hair and eyes smiling straight to the camera. He is wearing a blue colored shirt and square dark blue eyeglasses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Doron Dorfman<\/strong> is an i<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ncoming Associate Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law and recent\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liberman fellow and a JSD (Ph.D. in Law) candidate at Stanford Law School. His research focuses on Disability Law and Health Law using a social science perceptive and a wide variety of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Doron also teaches Stanford\u2019s first ever disability studies class. You can download his scholarship for free <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/cf_dev\/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2440349\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DorfmanDoron\"><span class=\"s1\">@DorfmanDoron<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Audio Producer and Text Transcriber<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Songs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKOU_Z6Y8yQ\">\u201cHard Out Here for A Gimp\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Album: NO BIG DEAL<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Resolute\/Even_Dreams_of_Beaches\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even Dreams of Beaches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Duck_Lake\/Jog_to_the_Water\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jog to the Water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Resolute\/Our_Digital_Compass\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Digital Compass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Blue_Dot_Sessions\/Resolute\/Titter_Snowbird\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titter Snowbird<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Blue Dot Sessions. (Source: freemusicarchive.org. \u00a0licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jack_Master. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by sheepfilms. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_43_Final.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday\u2019s episode is about disabled \u201cfakers,\u201d that is, the misconceptions and stereotypes of disabled people exaggerating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/01\/27\/ep-43-disabled-fakers\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 43: Disabled &#8220;Fakers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[587152318,1],"tags":[159346,66130,10372239,829826,113093,587152604,587152603,5925,587152400,2054,587152392,8436212,298065,668,19989],"class_list":["post-392913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-ableism","tag-ada","tag-disability-community","tag-disability-law","tag-discrimination","tag-disneyland","tag-fakery","tag-federal-law","tag-harassment","tag-law","tag-microaggressions","tag-public-interactions","tag-public-spaces","tag-research","tag-stereotypes","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3000podcast_logo.png?fit=3000%2C3000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1Edj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}