By Christine Bruno. Not only is the portrayal of disability by an able-bodied actor equivalent to blackface"what we in the disability community derisively call "cripping up" (pretending to have a disability)"universally accepted as a technical skill tucked away in an actor's bag of tricks, it is always applauded and more often than not, rewarded. 16 percent of Academy Award winners have received the coveted statue fo…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:09PM on April 7, 2014