“Over 70 million Americans and 1.3 billion globally have disabilities,” Nancy Weintraub said at the “Reimagining Hollywood: A New Lens on Disability,” panel at the American Pavilion during the Cannes ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An effort to bring people with disabilities into clearer focus on TV and movie screens is getting a boost from a major media company. NBCUniversal says that actors with disabilities ...
Finding ability within a person with disability is not impossible, but is rarely acknowledged or practiced.
A new study has found that nearly 80% of characters portrayed with disabilities in scripted TV series from 2016-2023 were played by able-bodied actors. “The State of Disability Representation on ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eileen Grubba was working alongside other actors on a TV commercial when she realized the director's eye was caught by her uneven gait. He started positioning her out of the shot — ...
A conversation at Cannes featured "Sopranos" and "Boardwalk Empire" actor Nic Novicki and Nancy Weintraub of Easterseals. “Over 70 million Americans and 1.3 billion globally have disabilities,” Nancy ...