Scott Jordan Harris discusses the complicated relationship between disabled life as depicted on screen and disabled life as lived by actual people. He argues that disabled roles are often played by able-bodied actors at least partially because it is…
Lauren Appelbaum praises the Academy Awards, often referred to as the Oscars, for it's new diversity requirements for the best picture nominees. Appelbaum believes that this is a big step forward for disabled representation, and is hopeful that more…
Entertainment Tonight interviewed actress Shoshannah Stern for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Stern talks about the ways that things have improved, but also about how much there's still left to do. The ADA is a…
This interview of RJ Mitte, an actor on the show Breaking Bad who has cerebral palsy, discusses his experience as part of the cast and how his disability was part of his character
Katy Sullivan addresses Dwayne Johnson's recent role in the film Skyscraper as a veteran and amputee and points to the way disabled people are already rare onscreen. She asks him, and by extension all abled actors, to pass those roles up in…
The hit Netflix show Queer Eye did an episode with a disabled black man who runs a charity called "Disabled But Not Really," aimed at helping disabled people into the gym in order to help them feel stronger. While the episode drew a lot of criticism…
Lauren Appelbaum highlights the way Kayla Cromer's career as an actress on the autistic spectrum breaks barriers. Her neurodiversity does not disqualify her as a successful actress. Her hope is that her presence on screen, playing an autistic…
Lauren Appelbaum looks at Netflix's new kids series, The Healing Powers of Dude, which includes two disabled characters. One of the young main characters has social anxiety disorder, prompting him to get an emotional support dog to help him adjust to…
Lauren Appelbaum discusses the new Netflix show, All Together Now. The show includes two disabled supporting characters who are best friends with the main character. These characters canonically have the same disabilities as the actors who portray…
Imani Barbarin addresses the way that disabled people have been presented to abled society as simply being lazy and unwilling to work hard enough to achieve what they set their minds to. This is dangerous because this thinking then ignores the…