Fighting for the rights of individuals with disabilities
This is a prime example of how thoughtless the ACTRA Diversity Committee is when it comes to the physically disabled. The able-bodied actors in the PSA point to their ethnicity as the reason they would be excluded The disabled actress talks about being excluded because of her physical condition Comparing what the actress in the …
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Here’s an ACTRA Diversity PSA that was made by in Manitoba. It’s better than anything that ACTRA Toronto’s Diversity Committee has done but it still makes the mistake of comparing what a person in a wheelchair goes through to what a person of color goes through. If that set or bg holding area wasn’t accessible …
When is Actra going to really take issue with how physically challenged talent are treated in the Canadian film and television industry ACTRA National created a new Youtube page. ACTRA National didn’t post the Diversity PSA where all of the men in the office – except Art Hindle – turn into women on the new …
If this is the case why are people with disabilities treated like second class citizens https://qz.com/work/1703963/businesses-should-pay-attention-to-consumers-with-disabilities/
So Actra puts out another so called Diversity PSA Video and again they fail to mention anything about Dissbled individuals . This is Actras failed attempt at recognizing people with disabilities. A lady with a cane this does not in any way address the fact of casting houses and films sets not being accessible to …
Today once again disabled talent are left out of the conversation by Actra diversity. I posted a reply to their post let’s see how fast it gets deleted and I get blocked from posting on their page Here is there Facebook post with screen shots to back it up disable individuals are not even mentioned …
This ongoing discrimination against physically challenged individuals needs to stop now .we are not second class citizens. The government needs to do more to protect the rights of us disabled individuals we will no longer stay silent and out of sight
Hal Myshrall