DO YOU THINK SOME THING ABOUT THERE BEING NOT ENOUGH DISBABLE PEOPLE ON TV ?

quinceorange24
quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor
edited December 2024 in People power

There isn't enough people with disabilities on tv.

DO YOU THINK SOME THING ABOUT THERE BEING NOT ENOUGH DISBABLE PEOPLE ON TV ? 3 votes

YES, IF YOU THNK MORE SHOULD BE DONE
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durhamjaide2001NettybearObsidian 3 votes
NO, IF YOU DON'T THINK MORE SHOULD BE DONE
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  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,440 Championing
    YES, IF YOU THNK MORE SHOULD BE DONE

    i think that there should definitely be more done to make more disabled people get into employment

  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Thank you, I'm glad you think so.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,440 Championing
    YES, IF YOU THNK MORE SHOULD BE DONE

    thank you

  • egister
    egister Posts: 762 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/126881/do-you-think-some-thing-about-there-being-not-enough-disbable-people-on-tv

    Do you have accurate data on what percentage of the total "television workforce" are disabled? And why television, and not youtube, tiktok... or DWP?

  • Morgan_Scope
    Morgan_Scope Posts: 782 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/954842#Comment_954842

    Action for Children published the following stats in 2022: "Overall, disabled people face severe inequality when being cast in TV roles. In 2021, on-screen contributions of disabled people only made up 8.3%  of all contributions in the UK – a disappointing increase of only 1.1% over the past five years".

    I also think there's a significant difference between mainstream television media and social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.

    I was interested by your DWP comment and while I can't find information on the DWP specifically, I found that 16.9% of civil servants are reportedly disabled.

  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Thanks for your comments.

    Why tv and not YouTube ect.. because not everyone watchers things on YouTube and tv because hopefully more people will watch.

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 13,440 Championing
    YES, IF YOU THNK MORE SHOULD BE DONE

    I watch more YouTube than TV

  • JessieJ
    JessieJ Online Community Member Posts: 890 Trailblazing

    Like in anything, if it's a box ticking exercise then I don't think so. Plus, if you take into account how many hidden disabilities there are, then there will be more than any figures show anyway.

  • egister
    egister Posts: 762 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/954908#Comment_954908 
    Do you think there are enough disabled people among the crews of spaceships, submarines, and Antarctic research stations?
  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Hi, everyone, I know there is a lot of hidden disabilities because I have one.

  • Amaya_Ringo
    Amaya_Ringo Online Community Member Posts: 248 Pioneering

    I think there was a statistic in an article a while back that while only 1 in ten disabled people use a wheelchair, disabled representation on television (I am thinking in terms of drama, not presenting) tends to involve a wheelchair. And it often feels like a tick box exercise (though not always).

    But at the same time, I have yet to see a televised depiction of autism that doesn't make me cringe. I am sure there are some, but I've seen so many horrible or patronising ones that I gave up looking.

    Most narratives about people with autism are written by people who do not have autism :( It is hard to represent such a diverse invisible disability, but there are definitely ways it should NOT be done.

  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Hi, you're about people with autism on tv, sometimes they talk a bit strange and sound stupid, we know people with autism aren't like that at all.

  • quinceorange24
    quinceorange24 Scope Member Posts: 38 Contributor

    Sorry, I miss the right out of my last comment.

    It should say your right about people with autism on tv.

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