Award-winning author and disability activist Elsa Sjunneson recounts her experiences as a deafblind person and debunks some of the stereotypes about disability we often find in the media.

The lived experiences of people with disabilities are rarely represented in mainstream media.

When it comes to being deafblind, most of what people know comes from the story of Helen Keller, as depicted in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker.

Elsa Sjunneson is a Jewish American novelist, media critic, and disability rights activist.

In her writing, for which she has received several awards, Sjunneson deconstructs the portrayals of disability in film and literary fiction.

Sjunneson's memoir, Being Seen, combines her personal experiences as a deafblind woman and critical analyses of harmful media tropes about disability.