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
An interview with actor, director, producer, writer, musician, public speaker and comedian, Daryl Mitchell about how he got his disability and how it affected his work and outlook on life.
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…
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…
Scott Jordan Harris looks at the way disability is treated in memes on the internet. In some cases, it is mocked and treated as though it is fake or unworthy of basic respect. In other cases, disability is used as what's called "inspiration porn" to…
Christopher Shinn discusses how, despite a resurgence of disability themed media, actual disabled people have not had much self-representation. Disabled roles are played by abled actors, shutting out disabled actors from the chance to represent…
Scott Jordan Harris examines the fundamental reasons that disabled characters should be played by disabled actors, from the right to be properly and accurately represented, to better authenticity, to disabled actors deserving work not stolen from…
This piece looks at the ways the media has portrayed disability and pushes back on portrayals that present disabled people as either helpless victims or inspirational heroes on the grounds of their disability. Erik Weihenmayer views this tendency as…
Charlie Swinbourne examines the access that disabled people have to the media itself. He argues that disabled people, specifically Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, are blocked from actually attending movies by the lack of captioning available for…
Imani Barbarin addresses Lupita Nyong'o's role in You as a disabled person, taking the opportunity to point out not only the ableism and racism in Hollywood, but the ableism in the Black community and the racism in the disabled community.