Watching @AllRiseCBS because I am writing about #disability on TV shows and this #disabled character is trying to explain to a non-disabled attorney the awful line disabled people have to "walk" to try and avoid being abused/taken advantage and the attorney doesn't get it.
He can't imagine what it would be like to have someone else bathe him, have physical power over him at his most vulnerable.
There is a #disabled actor in the role--I have seen him in something else. Will check imdb and add his name to this thread.
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#CripTheVote
There is a #disabled actor in the role--I have seen him in something else. Will check imdb and add his name to this thread.
#disability
#CripTheVote
The actor is Michael Patrick Thornton. He was #disabled at 24 after a couple of strokes (!!!). He is 41. He's been a character on a number of series.
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#CripTheVote
#disability
#CripTheVote
Alas, *spoiler alert,* the show could have devoted the entire hour to the income limitations that over-burden #disabled people. Paul (the character) gets chided by the non-disabled people for trying to hide a monetary award that would have wrecked his disability benefits.
Paul also gets chided for not being a more pliant #disabled person. I dunno--the direction @AllRiseCBS took with this storyline made the disabled person the villain. Which is not edgy--it's common. The disabled person is often the villain. Too often.
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