reprentation of disabilty

Why is the clip funny?

The clip of the inbetweeners was funny because as will encourage the boys that he is with that it is a good game to play to impressive girls, so the boys go along with it and within the first throw it goes wrong, when he throws the Frisbee up into the air it doesn't go to the girls in the park and in fact hits a disabled girl in the head, as the girl did not expected it, it made the scene more funny because of her reaction, then the boys reaction after as they feel bad so they run off where as will goes to apologise.  

How is the disabled girl being represented?

The girl is being represented as vulnerable and weak as she does not have much control and she is seen as upset as she beings to cry and shout when the Frisbee hits her, and then when will came over to apologise the girl still had the Frisbee in her hand so when will went to take it the girl didn't let go so looked like he was stealing it from her.  

Are we meant to laugh at the disabled person?

I don't think we are meant to laugh at this happening because as the girl looks vulnerable and looks like she has no control over herself if people were to laugh it would make the girl even worse as she would feel very embarrassed, on the other hand I don't feel like if we were to laugh it would be seen in a negative way against the girl as if it was to be a abled person hit it wouldn't matter if we laugh, so by some people laughing it would just be seen as funny and not taking the mick out of her.

Are they the 'butt' of the joke?

I don't  think that it is the girl is the Butt of the joke although we do laugh at the girl being hit by the Frisbee we are mainly laughing at will throughout the scene. as Will as he also embarrassed his self first by saying that it impresses the girls then also by missing throwing the Frisbee so a lot of the attention is also on will but then main person everyone is laughing at is Will because of the way he is in this scene, how he acts and what he says rather than the girl.

How do you think disabled people respond to this?

disabled people may be offended by this scene as it hit a girl that is vulnerable and doesn't have much control as she is restricted to the wheel chair, and people do laugh when it hits her although this laughing is not seen as a negative just because she is disabled as people are juts laughing at the scene in general. on the other hand some disabled people may find it just as funny as abled bodied people as it is overall as a scene funny so may not be offended.

Are we as a society cultivated to think we should pity the disabled?
As a society I feel that we do feel we have to be kinder and nicer to the disabled as it is not there fault that they have a disability as they are just less fortunate then others, and we do treat them equally and give them a lot of respect as they should not be seen as a outcast by making them feel welcome and happy, and i think people in society think that it is only fair to treat them this way.