“I didn’t really see anyone like myself ever represented on the screen.” —Lauren Ridloff
conducted by the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at the UCLA Psychology Department found that “68% of women who have one or more disabilities reported wanting better quality representation, while 65% of men reported wanting more quantity representation.”Lauren AppelbaumHowever, there are many actors, influencers, and industry professionals joining the call for more and better representation of people with disabilities.
Here are 24 famous people who called out Hollywood for the way it represents people who are disabled:RJ Mitte said that accessibility concerns on set should be a"joint effort" because"this is not just for people with disabilities who are actors or performers."When the studio wanted to cast a hearing actor as Frank Rossi, one of several characters who are deaf in, Marlee Matlin said,"If you do, I'm just out, that's it.
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