It is further contradicted by plenty of hard data. This stereotype is contradicted by the personal experience of many thousands of people with significant disabilities in this country and around the world who view our own lives as ordinary and normal. Perhaps the most central stereotype fueling disability prejudice is the mistaken assumption inherent in the message of the movie that the quality of life of individuals with disabilities is unquestionably not worth living.

The failure of mainstream movie critics to see serious flaws in the concluding scenes of the story, is representative of the ignorance that leads to prejudice about the lives of people with disabilities. Million Dollar Baby finds itself enmeshed in controversy because of its ending, in which Frankie, a boxing trainer, accedes to the request of his protégé, Maggie, who has become quadriplegic in a ring incident, to end her life. The Oscar-nominated movie Million Dollar Baby advances the offensive and dangerous message that death is preferable to life with a disability. The Oscar-winning movie Million Dollar Baby advances the offensive and dangerous message that death is preferable to life with a disability.

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