Questions about diversityremain

Change in culture hasn’t created much morework for actors with disabilities

Hollywood’smove toward diversity has largely ignored a big group: people with disabilities.

According to industry insiders and observers, the groundswell of change and explosion of content hasn’t created significantly morework for actors with disabilities or authentic depictions.

There are somehigh- profile successes, among them little person Peter Dinklage of TV’sGameofThrones.

But one study found that in 900 recent films, less than 3 per cent of characters with speaking parts had a disability. This compares to the nearly 20 per cent of Americans with someform of disability.

Another study looked at the 10 toprated broadcast and cable shows airing in 2016. It found a near- absence of characters with disabilities played by actorswho have disabilities.—

Photos by AP There are some high- profile successes, among them Peter Dinklage of TV’s ‘ Game of Thrones’.