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All Blog Posts Tagged 'discrimination' (4)

Where are all the people with disabilities?

I've written about this issue before in a blog called Where are all the Actors with Disabilities? and here is another important article critisising the fact that if a director wants a black c… Continue

Added by Jill on October 25, 2009 at 3:31am — 1 Comment

How Mad Are You?

Photograph from the BBC's "How Mad Are You" programme. I didn't really understand the point of this programme when I watched it other than to prove "experts" don't have all the answers but can YOU tell which 5 of the 10 in this picture have a history of mental health disability… Continue

Added by Jill on December 5, 2008 at 12:00am — No Comments

Actors with disabilities seek more roles.

Have you noticed how few actors and presenters have disabilities? In the USA Robert Hall who works regularly on CSI says "We are virtually invisible" and a presentation estimated that fewer than 2% of film and television characters are disabled even though 20% o… Continue

Added by Jill on October 7, 2008 at 5:00pm — 4 Comments

Behind the opening Paralympic fireworks: what is having a disability in China like?

Images of the opening of the paralympics are very spectacular but what is it like having a physical disability in China? The following article in the Washington Post shows discrimination in employment and lack of access in public places is common… Continue

Added by Jill on September 8, 2008 at 12:46am — 1 Comment