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Disability Representation in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Season 7 · Episode 11

Disability Representation in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Bat Therapy: Mental Health through the Lens of Comics and Film · Dr. Emilia Brown and Keeden Hopkins

October 1, 202531m 51s

Show Notes

With a background in rehabilitation for mental health disability, Dr. Emilia Brown uses Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood to talk about how hard it can be to recognize and correct ableism in our society. Fullmetal does not shy away from characters who have physical disabilities. Still, creating empowering and respectful representations of disability is complicated - - so how did Fullmetal do?