Over the years, representation of disabilities in the media has undergone significant transformation and has changed people’s perspectives on the idea of what is possible. The 2019 film, The Peanut Butter Falcon, tells the beautiful story of how a person’s disability does not stop them from following their dreams and doing what they love. The representation of disability throughout forms of media has shifted from looking down on people with disabilities to uplifting them and their abilities. By analyzing this evolution, we can gain insight as to how people’s perspectives of those with disabilities have changed and how one’s disability does not have to stop them from pursuing their aspirations. Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s film, The Peanut…show more content… In her “Rethinking Social Recovery in Schizophrenia” article, Kim Hopper discusses the presumptions society has when it comes to the recovery of those with mental illness. She explains, “recovery on their part presumes openness to re-inclusion in ours. And that, it seems safe to say, will require not only that we re-evaluate damaged selves but re-examine what it means to hold onto provisional undamaged ones as well,’ (Hopper, 878). The societal views of mental health recovery can be related to the routine of those with disabilities. In The Peanut Butter Falcon, Eleanor sets out to find Zak because she does not believe he will be able to live on his own or without the help of herself. This is similar to people’s ideas that patient’s with schizophrenia will not be able to go through the recovery process without those without schizophrenia. Zak ends up proving Eleanor wrong by spending multiple days alone with no one but Tyler, who served less as a caretaker and more as a mentor. Tyler served the role of helping push Zak out of his comfort zone and do things he wouldn’t have been able to do in the nursing home, like swim, shoot a gun, or
