What I do know is that disabled people shouldn't be responsible for curing non-disabled people of their ignorance.
Rose Ayling-EllisRead
I can only dream of the day where seeing other disabled people on screen isn't a rare sight or where I don't get excited at the sight of other disabled people working behind the screen.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire for greater representation of disabled individuals in media and behind the scenes.
Rose Ayling-Ellis highlights the importance of visibility and representation for disabled individuals in the media industry. She hopes for a future where seeing disabled people on screen is common rather than exceptional, addressing the need for inclusivity and acknowledgment of diverse experiences in storytelling.
In practice
In a talk about diversity in the media, this quote can inspire a discussion on representation.
What I do know is that disabled people shouldn't be responsible for curing non-disabled people of their ignorance.
Me being deaf isn't the problem. There is nothing wrong with being deaf; it's society that is the problem.
It's not enough to make me a pioneer on my own without allowing other deaf people to have a platform, and not only in front of a camera or audience, but behind the scenes too.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
My daughter is one of my greatest inspirations. She's an environmentalist, she plays piano, she's raising money for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Every day she surprises me and teaches me something.
There's always constantly interesting things to do, and who knows, maybe I will be a good sculptor. I haven't decided what I am going to do next, but I am not going to quit just because I did something interesting.
My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.
Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.
Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. Hear the music of voices, the song of birds, the mighty strains of an orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow . . . Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you.
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