![]() ![]() There are a small handful of exceptions, celebrity disability allies and celebrities who have a disability themselves… ![]() Diversity in many forms is well represented by these high-profile celebrity figures, except in one seemingly absent area disability equality.Ĭelebrities will queue up to be photographed alongside a ‘cute’ disabled child and will be on-message during television fundraisers to help provide much needed income to disability charities, but stick them on the red carpet or on the stage at an awards ceremony with the whole world watching and disability equality remains the poorest of poor cousins when it comes to celebrity endorsement. LGBTQIA+ community rights are a popular choice for celebrity endorsement, as are racial and ethnic equality causes. Recent favourite celebrity social causes include women’s rights, whether that be the #metoo and #timesup movements, gender equality generally, or pro-choice campaigns. We’ve had the Golden Globes, the BAFTA’s and then the Oscars and while we didn’t know before the ceremonies who the winners would be, one thing we all knew in advance was that there would be celebrities queueing up to make passionate acceptance speeches in support of their favoured ‘causes’.
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