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Ruderman Seal Spotlights Authentic Casting
6 Apr
Summary
- Foundation recognizes TV programs for authentic disability portrayals.
- Five productions earned the Seal of Authentic Representation.
- Shows feature actors with disabilities in speaking roles.
The Ruderman Family Foundation is honoring five film and television productions with its Seal of Authentic Representation. This recognition celebrates programs that authentically depict characters living with disabilities. The foundation emphasizes the importance of creators opening doors for actors with disabilities.
Among the recognized titles are the crime drama 'Code of Silence' and the medical drama 'Pulse.' Productions must cast actors with disabilities in speaking roles with at least five lines to qualify for the seal. 'Good Bad Things,' 'We Might Regret This,' and 'A Different Man' also received this distinction.
'Code of Silence' features deaf actor Rose Ayling-Ellis as a deaf character. 'Pulse' cast Jessy Yates, an actor with cerebral palsy, as a wheelchair user. Kyla Harris, an actor with tetraplegia, stars in 'We Might Regret This,' while Danny Kurtzman, with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, is in 'Good Bad Things.' Adam Pearson, who has neurofibromatosis, was cast in 'A Different Man.'
