![]() “It’s a matter of access to employment and that’s also the case in the deaf community and the blind community needing interpreters and readers for their auditions. “If I’m going to audition on a second floor with no elevator and it’s for a character in a wheelchair, then there was clearly no intent for calling in an actor with a wheelchair,” said Woodburn. Celebrities Archives - Invisible Disabilities Association Mandy Harvey performance of What a Wonderful World, which took place during her appearance at the Invisible Disabilities Awards Gala in October 2016, was released in July 2017 on YouTube. The panelists also said that even getting an audition - and physically getting into an audition - for a role is hard if you have a disability in this town. It’s human rights abuse, that’s what we are talking about.” “If representation was equal, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. “We are talking about a group of people (with disabilities) that are invisible right now, that are treated like second-class citizens,” said Jones. The Ruderman Foundation also organized the Beverly Hills event today. It revealed that 95% of television characters with a disability on the top 10 TV shows are played by able-bodied actors. In July of this year, the The Ruderman Family Foundation, which advocates for the full inclusion of people with disabilities in society, released a White Paper study on Employment of Actors with Disabilities in Television, co-authored by Woodburn, that laid out the inequality in the film and television industry for those with disabilities. ![]() ![]() There's Box Office Gold In Diversity, Says Film Producer Panel - Produced By NY
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