David J Carr
1 min readMar 18, 2019

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The 2012 Paralympics campaign idea was formed by CONFLICT with society’s view of people having a disability, reframing that as a superpower/cybernetic enhancent rather than traditional charity “sympathy-porn”. It was linked to the PROMINENCE of the 2012 Olympics and sought to change deeply held views – traditionally the Paralympics was seen as an afterthought or not as good as the “real” Olympics, with people actually asking “is that still going on?” or “is that the Special-Olympics?” (with all the negative associations of special as a derogatory phrase). It changed the entire UK culture and language around people with disabilities in the media and wider culture.

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David J Carr
David J Carr

Written by David J Carr

Strategy Director. ex-CD, Planning Director & Head of UX @ Digitas, DIG, Publicis, Chemistry & JWT. APG Gold & Google Planning Innovator of Year.

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