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Our History

GADIM celebrates 10 years in 2026! 

Here’s what we’ve accomplished in the last decade:

2016
A logo for Gadim Brasil, which has two comment box icons in green and purple, the words "Gadim" in purple, the word "Brasil" in green, and the words "Mìdia & Deficiência" in grey.
2016

GADIM and Gadim Brazil Launch on the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

2017
2017

GADIM Joins the Jury for the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Awards

2018
A slide shown on a screen reads "UOW. Disability & News Media. The Framers & The Framed. Shawn Burns, University of Wollongong @dismediamatters, Disability Media Matters - Facebook."
2018

2018: GADIM Partners with Curtin University, Australia, to Host Disability, Media and Human Rights Conference

2018
Catia is a white woman with long, dark hair, wearing a red coat and smiling slightly.
2018

GADIM Co-Founder Catia Malaquias Wins Australian Women of Influence’s Diversity & Inclusion Award

2020
Beth Haller stands smiling next to a sign that reads "Lionsgate Motion Picture Group - Ambassadors Program."
2020

GADIM Joins the Ambassadors Program at Lionsgate film studio 

2021
A woman is shown sitting on a hospital bed using sign language. Another woman is shown in a wheelchair. In between them are the words "Disabled actors account for just 8 percent of disability representation on television. - 2020-2022 FilmDis Study into Disability Representation on TV."
2021

GADIM partners with FilmDis to study current disability representation on television

2022
An asian woman, a young woman with Down Syndrome, and man are shown smiling and eating ice cream. Below are logos for Shutterstock, World Institute on Disability, and GADIM with the words "Authentic portrayals of people with disabilities."
2022

GADIM partners with Shutterstock and the World Institute on Disability to create Shutterstock's Authentic Portrayals of People with Disabilities Guide

2023
2023

GADIM Awards Scholarship to visual artist Michael Miocevich

2023
2023

GADIM and Disabilities in Media create the “Toolkit on the Go: Representing Disabilities in Film and Television”

2023
The cover of Beth Haller's book, Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World" is shown with the title and some white vines on a blue background.
2023

GADIM  Co-Founder Beth Haller Publishes Disabled People Transforming Media Culture for a More Inclusive World [free!]

2024
The Props No More logo shows a purple megaphone with the words "Props No More: Disabled Creators Tearing Down Media Barriers."
2024

GADIM Begins Filming Props No More

January 2026
The words "The Global Disability News Network, A project of GADIM" are shown in black and white.
January 2026

GADIM Launches the Global Disability News Network

February 2026
In the Midst of logo
February 2026

GADIM premiers In The Midst Of … Love Flourishes (ITMO), a web-based storytelling series centered on real-life trans-inclusive couples