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Most TV Characters With Disabilities Are Played by Able-Bodied Actors, Study Finds

Actor George Robinson in Netflix’s “Sex Education”

A new study has found that nearly 80% of characters portrayed with disabilities in scripted TV series from 2016-2023 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, 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. In total, only 3.9% of characters had a disability across the 350 shows, a disproportionately small number considering that nearly 30% of the U.S. population identifies as having a disability.

Read on at https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/tv-characters-disabilities-played-able-bodied-actors-1236387320/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKHu35leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmoYP6BwpmPFxXWEzJ9u7lBS1V1eWbTqJ2uxY2qJMa5ucgFvB_wKAxWZIzat_aem_dLNYUEoTVQUtarst_buWig&sfnsn=mo.

 

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Calling all TV or video caption users!

Closed Captioning users needed for a study on TV news, sports and others. Eligibility requirements - 1. 18+ older 2. Normal vision (can read captions on TV w/wo glasses) 3. live in USA Paid $20 first time (30 mins) then $10 if done again. Questions? tap.study@gallaudet.edu See post for study link (or use QR code here)

 
Help us evaluate caption quality by joining a 30-minute survey. You will receive $20 for completing the survey for the first time. You can optionally earn $10 by taking the survey a second time, for a total of $30.

If you are interested, please take the screening questionnaire here: https://gu.live/ccsurvey
 
 
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Let’s Make College Work Better For Deaf College Students—Together.

National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes logo

At the National Deaf Center, we believe access and sense of belonging for deaf college students shouldn’t stop at the classroom door. That’s why we’re asking for your support to make these spaces accessible for all students across campuses.

Each year, we collect feedback from students and disability services staff across the country to better understand what’s working—and what still needs to change.

We’re inviting current deaf college students and recent graduates to share their experiences through two key surveys:

📌 Deaf Student Postsecondary Access and Inclusion Survey

📌 2024 Campus Career Services Survey

Both surveys help us identify gaps, improve our resources, and amplify student voices nationwide.

You can help by sharing the surveys with the deaf students you work with—and encouraging your campus career center to do the same.

You can also explore last year’s findings in our 2022-2023 survey report here.

Got questions? Email help@nationaldeafcenter.org for support.

 

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