Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!

Some 61 million Americans have some type of disability, but fewer than 3% of film and primetime TV speaking roles are for disabled characters, and they are usually played by non-disabled actors. The Easterseales Disability Film Challenge is making a push to spotlight roles, creators and actors with disabilities. Danya Bacchus has the story.

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