From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:

Delegates at the 2009 AFL-CIO convention this week endorsed resolutions calling for greater representation of people with disabilities in popular entertainment, as well as greater diversity and disability advocacy among member unions.

Actor and disability advocate Robert David Hall spoke in favor of the resolutions, challenging unions to support the IAMPWD disability rights campaign that was launched last year by the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and Actors’ Equity Association.

The campaign calls for broad changes in the entertainment industry, including realistic and proportionate portrayals of people with disabilities, and employment of performers with disabilities in disabled roles.

“We know that realistic portrayals of people with disabilities can change hearts and minds around the world,” said Hall, a regular on NBC’s CSI.

(Photo from IAMPWD.org)

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