66% Of Audiences Unsatisfied With Representation Of Disability & Mental Health In Entertainment, Inevitable Foundation Report Finds
deadline.comInevitable Foundation, the non-profit advocating on behalf of the disabled filmmaking community, on Wednesday unveiled a new report examining how the global disability audience continues to be underserved across the streaming and theatrical landscapes, despite representing a large and engaged demographic.
The “Audiences Are Waiting for Hollywood to Greenlight Disability” report, from the Foundation’s Research Institute, surveyed over 1,000 people — both disabled and non-disabled — about the current state of disability and mental health representation on-screen.
The findings were as follows: The Inevitable Foundation’s report, shedding light on the preferences of general audiences, comes at a time when 20 million U.S.
households have at least one disabled family member, according to the U.S. Census. Globally, one billion people have a disability, amounting to 15% of the global population.
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