Disabled Performers Advocate for Allies in Hollywood: ‘Inclusion Needs to Be a Movement and Not a Moment
variety.comKristen Lopez Having written about disability representation in Hollywood for several years now, I know that activism on the topic so often begins and ends with us.
If you look at various award shows, and the few times Deaf and disabled people have won, it’s generally seen as a platform for deconstruction of how fervently they’ve advocated or represented the disabled community.
Whether that was “Children of a Lesser God” star Marlee Matlin becoming the first Deaf woman to win an acting Oscar and giving her speech in American Sign Language or Louise Fletcher signing to her Deaf parents after winning the supporting actress Oscar for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” disability on the awards stage brings up a variety of emotions.
It has remained with the disabled community to remind their able-bodied colleagues to help join in the fight for equality. So when Sebastian Stan went up to the podium to accept his best actor in a musical or comedy Golden Globe at the Jan.
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