Acclaimed screenwriter Jack Thorne has slammed the industry for its treatment of disabled people both on and off screen, saying, “TV has failed disabled people. Utterly and totally.”
, revealed a disturbing story about a disabled friend working on a project based in an old factory, “who had to crawl up the steps and along the floor to get to her desk, while her electric wheelchair was outside getting soaked by the rain.”Billy Connolly Reflects On His Career, Admits His Battle With Parkinson's Is "Getting Worse"- Edinburgh
Thorne called disability “the forgotten diversity, the one everyone leaves out of speeches” and reminded TV makers of their responsibilities to this sector of society, particularly after the Covid pandemic when, he said, “disabled people were left to die”. He made the point that his disability was invisible, and “as a white man with all the privilege that entails”, he had not suffered from prejudice – “I have had opportunities that my disabled family have not.”
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