my experience when it comes to
disability being included in the conversation
about inclusivity has been that in
general it hasn't been
It's only recently that it's really start
to move the needle on me, you do a lot of
work with sag-aftra in issues around of diversity
and inclusivity and I got a say that
the performance of disability to me has done
phenomenal work in moving the needle in
getting this conversation happening in the industry,
its amazing how much energy
it takes to get that big old bolder role
in just an inch and they've done that
and it's starting to move now
It's actually starting to role
and people have that in conversation
cause-ahh-causepeople
I think what Iam most excited about right now
is that so many people are talking about
equality and inclusivity and
they are trying to make sure that nobody get's left out
and so when you point out
to somebody that you are leaving out
the 20% of the population
they pay attention, they wake up
and so that to me has been, I think it's
not been nearly as hard a converstion
as it would have been 10-15 years ago
people suddenly go, oh ! you are right
I haven't been thinking about that
i have'nt been including performance of the disabilities in my projects,
I haven't been hiring writers with disabilities
I haven't been looking for producer
so the simple fact that is being pointed
out to them in a sometimes in the
shaming way but sometimes in the
this action will help improve your bottom line
because people always wanna see themselves on camera
and this doesn't always either be the point
in fact sometimes it's most powerful win
yo, what you see a person on camera with a
disability and it's not the point of the story
that's happening more and more it's not happening enough
but lets be clear but it's happening more
cause you know at the end of the day
I think people are starting to realize that if you
say you stand for a quality, it's got be a quality across the board
It can't be just quality for people that look look like me
or my gender,or think like me, or love like me
It's gotta be a quality for everybody
either you fight for everybody or you really just fighting for yourself
and people like you
so I think that's the message that's gotta get out there more and more
I think, It's out there that simple note of
don't forget about these folks
who are by the way is the biggest population
of people that are forgotten in the country