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 started
to move the needle.
I mean,
I do a lotta work with SAG-AFTRA,
and it's around issues of diversity and inclusivity,
and I gotta say that the performance of disability committee
has done phenomenal work in moving the needle
and getting this conversation happening in the industry.
It's amazing how much energy it takes
to get that that big old boulder rolling just an inch,
and they've done that, and it's starting to move now,
it's actually starting to roll, and people are
having that conversation cuz uh cuz
people I think what's what I'm most
excited about right now is that so many
people are talking about equality and
inclusivity and they are trying to make
sure that that nobody gets left out and
so when you point out to somebody that
they're leaving out 20% of the
population they pay attention they wake
up and so that to me has been uh I think
it's not been nearly as hard a
conversation as it would have been
10 15 years ago people suddenly go oh
you're right you're right I haven't been
thinking about that I haven't been
including performers with disabilities
in my projects I haven't been hiring
writers with disabilities I haven't been
looking for producing you know so that
the simple fact that it's being pointed
out to them in uh sometimes in the you
know shaming way but sometimes in the
this actually will help improve your
bottom line because people always want
to see themselves on camera and it
doesn't always need to be a point in
fact sometimes it's most powerful when
you know you see a person on camera with
a disability and it's not the point of
the story uh that's happening more and
more it's not happening enough let's be
clear but it's happening more uh cuz you
know at the end of the day I think
people are starting to realize that if
you say you stand for equality it's got
to be equality across the board it can't
be just for equality for people that
look like me or my gender or think like
me or love like me it's got to be
equality for everybody either you fight
for every body or you're really just
fighting for yourself and people like
you so I think that's the message that's
got to get out there more and more and
that with that simple and I think it's
out there in that little simple note of
don't forget about these PKS who are by
the way the biggest population of people
that are forgotten in the country
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