🎥♿️ Stat of the Day: Disability representation in Hollywood is becoming more popular than Regina George at the peak of her Mean Girls reign. According to a Nielsen study, disability representation in film and TV increased 175% from 2011–2021.

From the study, which analyzed 3,000 titles with significant disability themes or content: 64% of depictions of disabled characters were in feature films, while 16% appeared in regular series (with room for other media forms like short films, limited series, or specials). The study also found a marked increase in the number of productions with disability themes in general, from 41 in 2000 to 150 in 2020.

But, while disabled characters are making their way to the forefront, casting is far behind. 95% of disabled roles are still performed by able-bodied actors, per the study, despite over 1 in 8 American adults living with a physical disability.

🤔 Did You Know? Behind every hobby is a group of people taking things a little too far. Cue: Some trading card collectors are using CT scanners – like those found in hospitals – to peek inside unsealed packs of cards and find out their contents. Critics fear this practice could lead to people buying packs in bulk, scanning for valuable cards, then reselling the sealed packs that didn’t have anything special.

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