People with Disabilities

Sharon Bialy on the large, diverse cast of The Walking Dead

Sharon Bialy on how opportunities have changed for actors since she started in the industry -- more inclusion now

Walter Dishell on the impact of the breast cancer episode of Medical Center

Nanette Fabray on her difficulty with her hearing, and on her participation in issues involving the deaf community

Nanette Fabray on appearing on The Carol Burnett Show and doing sign language for the first time on television, and promoting sign language on television

Nanette Fabray on her guest appearance as stroke survivor on Maude in the episode "Maude's Reunion"

Ron Howard on the television movie Skyward and the casting of an ingenue with a disability

Geri Jewell on dreaming of being a television actress when she was young, and how this dream related to her cerebral palsy

Geri Jewell on the first time she did stand-up comedy, and how she talked about cerebral palsy in her routine

Geri Jewell on being the first visible character with a disability on a television series on The Facts of Life

Geri Jewell on having to perform a dance number on the first The Facts of Life episode on which she appeared ("Cousin Geri")

Geri Jewell on the impact of her visibility as a person with a disability on The Facts of Life

Geri Jewell on her experience with "overnight fame" and the impact of her visibility as a person with a disability

Geri Jewell on the impact of her role on The Facts of Life and appearing on Norman Lear's special I Love Liberty

Geri Jewell on her feelings about actors without disabilities playing characters with disabilities

Geri Jewell on the difficulty she faced while filming a scene with Peter DeLuise on 21 Jump Street

Geri Jewell on filming the Deadwood episode "Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking" and how show creator/director David Milch coaxed a reaction from her

Geri Jewell on advice for aspiring actors

Elodie Keene on directing scenes on Switched at Birth in sign language

Judith Light on starring in A Step Toward Tomorrow with Christopher Reeve

William H. Macy on the TV movie Door to Door, which he co-wrote and starred in, and which was based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman who had cerebral palsy

Garry Marshall on violinist Itzhak Perlman not being approved to guest on an Odd Couple episode because of his physical disability

Bob McGrath on memories working with guest star Linda Bove on Sesame Street and the far-reaching impact of an episode about hearing impairment

Marian Rees on executive producing "Love Is Never Silent" for Hallmark Hall of Fame  and her struggle with the network to cast deaf actors in lead roles

William Schallert on starting the Committee for Performers with Disabilities