DisABILITY In Media

DisABILITY In Media Educating, integrating and including people with disabilities within the entertainment, news media, and sports industries. There were 160 people in attendance.

Page moderated by Becky Curran Kekula. Americans with disabilities remain virtually invisible in the media. As NPR’s Daniel Schorr notes: “If you don’t exist in the media, for all practical purposes, you don’t exist.”

Like other marginalized diversity groups, people with disabilities want to see people representative of them on television, film and in all forms of media that has the power to shat

ter myths. Our industry creates and exports media images on large, small and personal screens, and those images impact attitudes around the world. Instead of assumptions we are excited with this opportunity to educate the industry about the accessibility and accommodation rights and needs of performers with disabilities and how to address them. Performers with disabilities want to see changes in audition and employment practices so that the results reflect the industry’s commitment to eliminate stereotyping in casting and to “more accurately portray the American Scene.”

In honor of Disability Awareness Month, in October of 2011, we hosted a successful panel titled “Redefining DisABILITY In The Media” that took place at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles. Our interactive panel included Robert David Hall from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," RJ Mitte from "Breaking Bad," Danny Woodburn from “Seinfeld,” Lauren Potter from "Glee,” Teal Sherer and Kim Evey from the web series “The Guild," Chris Thornton, who wrote and stars in "Sympathy For Delicious," Rebekah and Joshua Weigel from "The Butterfly Circus," Eileen Grubba from "Hung," and Noam Dromi, who wrote "Dolphin Tale." In October 2012, we co-hosted another dynamic panel event titled “Embracing Differences in the Media” which included Robert David Hall from "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," RJ Mitte from "Breaking Bad," Mia Schaikewitz from “Push Girls,” Mark Povinelli from “Mirror, Mirror,” Tobias Forrest from “The Sessions,” Lynn Manning from Watts Village Theater Company, and Chauntal Lewis from Believe and Become. These events continue to raise awareness about improved portrayals and increased employment opportunities of professionals and talented artists with disabilities both in front of the camera and behind the scenes.

02/17/2025
01/29/2025

Disabled creatives and allies discuss inclusion in Hollywood

01/28/2025

Marlee Matlin and documentary director Shoshannah Stern on capturing the authenticity of the deaf experience and elevating the film's captions.

01/24/2025

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Brooke Eby was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at 33 years old. It took four years for doctors to identify her condition; at the time, her primary symptom was a tightness in her calf that caused a limp in one leg.

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01/15/2025
01/05/2025

Actors, writers and directors participated in a conversation presented by Easterseals Southern California, a nonprofit supporting people with disabilities

12/31/2024

Thanks to YOUR incredible generosity, we successfully met our recent $3,000 match challenge! But the excitement doesn’t stop there—there’s still time to make a BIG difference! Your donation today will continue to help us spread the powerful lessons of inclusion and respect that UOD champions, touching lives in Newton and beyond. Let’s keep the momentum going—every gift counts! Click here to give: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HHF9NNB8HKT8L&source=url

12/06/2024

Meet Ameera! A playful 8-year-old with a passion for science and basketball, she uses her wheelchair or forearm crutches due to a spinal cord injury. Ameera, a beloved friend from Ahlan Simsim اهلا سمسم, brings visibility to the 240 million children worldwide estimated to have a disability. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities and every day, we support the dignity, rights, and well-being of all people with disabilities.

12/03/2024
11/24/2024

Sienna and Sierra Bernal share two twinning world records: rarest type of discordant twinning and the biggest height differential between living identical twins.

11/08/2024

People with disabilities will share their stories about friendship at a special event hosted by the National Center on Disability and Journalism.

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