Entertainment & Culture

Portrait Positive campaign aims to redefine beauty standards of disability

We spoke with Stephen Bell, creator of Positive Portrait. With photographer Rankin, he has featured 16 women with facial disfigurements…

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7 Amazon Original shows and films with disabled actors and characters on Amazon Prime Video

We share seven Amazon Original TV series and films that includes disabled characters and actors on Amazon Prime Video.

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Then Barbara Met Alan: a factual drama about the rise of the Disability Discrimination Act in Britain

Then Barbara Met Alan is a factual drama that tells the true story of how two disability activists who became…

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Disability and entertainment: the feeling of music

Hayleigh Barclay is delighted to join in with Disability Horizons to offer a monthly article on entertainment. Hayleigh has a…

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What do you think of how people with disabilities are portrayed in films and on TV?

After watching jaw-dropping negativity of disability in a film, our Deputy Editor Shannon Kelly was compelled to write an article…

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Ali McManus: a disabled singer with an unbreakable spirit

Ali McManus is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter and motivational speaker from Detroit, USA. She was born three months premature, weighed 2lbs…

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George Webster: CBeebies presenter with Down’s syndrome will take part in Strictly Christmas Special 2022

Award-winning TV presenter and disability activist George Webster has been named as the sixth and final star confirmed to be…

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You Know We Belong Together: breaking down stereotypes around Down’s syndrome

You Know We Belong Together is an accessible play at the Southbank Centre about living with Down's syndrome, where all…

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Accessibility to the West End’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Fancy yourself a Harry Potter superfan? Eager to catch the eighth adventure in theatres, yet worried about navigating your way…

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Why does the cinema cost more for disabled customers?

Simon Sansome, who shares his thoughts on the disability blog Ability Access, loves nothing more than a trip to the…

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