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Most TV Characters With Disabilities Are Played by Able-Bodied Actors, Study Finds
A new study reveals that nearly 80% of characters with disabilities in scripted TV series airing from 2016 to 2023 were played by able-bodied actors.
A new study has found that nearly 80% of characters portrayed with disabilities in scripted TV series from 2016-2013 were played by able-bodied actors. “The State of Disability Representation on Television: An Analysis of Scripted TV Series From 2016 to 2023,” commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation in collaboration with the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, was based on a survey of 350 scripted TV shows from 2016 to 2023, with recent shows like “Sex Education,” “As We See It” and “Echo” highlighted for portraying disabled characters navigating dating and using wheelchairs. However, the study notes that racial diversity of disabled characters remained largely stable over the observed years.
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