The Stand : CBS Continues The Trend By Casting A Hearing Actor In A Deaf Role.

[hewontgo]

Over 95 percent of disabled characters are portrayed by able bodied actors. @CBS continues the trend by casting a hearing actor in a deaf role. https://t.co/WmaNqALwhH
- josh feldman (@ItsJoshFeldman) August 2, 2019
CBS All Access has set four of the leads for its upcoming series “The Stand

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Disability Activists you should be following

[analievelyn]

https://twitter.com/mattbc

https://twitter.com/RebeccaCokley

https://twitter.com/miamingus

https://twitter.com/twitchyspoonie

https://twitter.com/IntersectedCrip

https://twitter.com/smartstatistic

Add your faves to thread :)

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Re: Disability Activists you should be following

[larzipan_af]

Perfect first comment

Re: Disability Activists you should be following

[analievelyn]

ooh, yes!

I follow Imani (queen), Vilisa, Lydia, and Kim, but lots of these I only see in retweets.

Thank you so much <3

Re: Disability Activists you should be following

[ty]

Deaf people are not disabled. I do appreciate this post though

Re: Disability Activists you should be following

[analievelyn]

Thank you very much. Now that I think about it, I'm not following many d/Deaf activists.

I should have framed my comment as those who are fighting for representation and accessibility.

Again, thank you <3 I appreciate it!

Re: Disability Activists you should be following

[latinkanji]

Nah, we're disabled.