National Trust and University of Leicester launch pioneering film to explore fascinating stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections for the first time

The National Trust and the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester are delighted to launch Everywhere & Nowhere, a collaboration to share, for the first time, stories of disability from the sites and collections in the care of the National Trust. Everywhere and Nowhere is a brand new film, released today on the University of Leicester’s Website which looks at ten stories – examining the lives of familiar figures such as Henry VIII, and lesser-known individuals like Irish MP Nicholas Ward. It includes stories…

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Nielsen’s Gracenote Illuminates Disability Representation in Entertainment Content with Inclusion Analytics Enhancement

Gracenote, the content solutions pillar of Nielsen, has expanded the scope of its Inclusion Analytics solution adding new disability representation data to the talent gender, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation information currently tracked. By providing visibility into the presence of physical, intellectual, cognitive, mental, sensory, and other disabilities in people appearing in popular programming, Gracenote Inclusion Analytics paves the way for more equitable and accurate representation amongst the disability community and more informed decision-making around content investments. The disability nonprofit RespectAbility provided guidance in tracking this new data. According to…

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Channel 4 Strengthens Guidance For Portrayal Of Disability On Tv

Channel 4 has announced a plan to strengthen the portrayal of disabled people on television. Channel 4’s ‘Disability Code of Portrayal’ sets out how it aims to deliver a step change in both the quality and quantity of on screen representation of disabled people. The principles outline how it intends to dial up representation of disability across all its content. Ally Castle, Channel 4’s Disability Consultant said: “We firmly believe that the commitments we are making today will take the inclusion of disabled people in our content to a different…

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Disability campaigners put their hands up for an equal world

Sightsavers’ Equal World disability rights campaign is celebrating International Day of People with Disabilities by asking supporters to take part in a ‘hands up’ activity on social media. Campaign supporters are sharing photos of their hands with an equals symbol drawn on their palm and a message of support for Sightsavers’ campaign, which calls on the United Nations and its member states to uphold the rights of people with disabilities worldwide. The activity also coincides with the end of Sightsavers’ global Equal World petition, which has gathered signatures from around…

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Guest Post by Space City Productions: Scope feel advertising is not inclusive enough

This is a guest post from Space City Productions where they have spoken to Scope about their feeling that advertising is not inclusive enough and is proving costly for businesses, with billions of pounds not exploited. Just 0.06% of all actors represented in advertising are disabled, despite a fifth of the UK population having a disability of some kind. Given the lack of representation on and off screen, those who are impaired by disability have ensured the plight has been accentuated by idiosyncratic advertising – which is paradoxically perpetuating the…

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