Actress Octavia Spencer calls for increased and more authentic onscreen representation of people with disabilities.
, a digital platform that seeks to challenge misleading narratives about disability."Representation isn’t enough anymore. We need to start demanding authentic representation in all forms of entertainment."
“I was a dyslexic child and am a dyslexic adult; that doesn’t really mean that you’re not intelligent. It just means that your brain functions differently,” Spencer
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