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Disability portrayal in Hollywood

Disability activist Emily Ladau has expressed feelings of frustration for the community of disabled actors, asserting that disabled actors can and should play roles that do not center around a tragedy of their disability. She further defends that disabled actors can play the leading roles of the love interest, the adventurer, the explorer, the superhero, and any other role that non-disabled actors are traditionally cast in Hollywood films. Others found the film to be exploitative of the disability community by way of attempting to play with the emotions of viewers without actually aiding the disabled by accurate representation or employment in acting roles.

Showcased by these statistics, disabled actors and actresses not only face the challenge of being hired for a role, they also face the obstacle of how few roles exist for them to begin with. Furthermore, of these few role opportunities, seldom do they characterize disabled people with multifaceted qualities like they do non-disabled characters.