Dentaflex Advert (Dog Treats) Wow - Disabled People Can Actually Have Pets!

[bednobs]

just saw the dentaflex ad which featured someone in a wheelchair playing with their dog. It got me thinking you virtually NEVER see disabled people living normal lives in tv programs/ adverts do you?
why is that do you think?

[Buenchico]

>>>you virtually NEVER see disabled people living normal lives in tv programs

I hardly ever watch telly but these come to mind:

Sandy Richardson, Crossroads
(Played by an able-bodied actor)

Edie Pegden, Last of the Summer Wine
(Played by Thora Hird, who was in a wheelchair).

Else Garnett, In Sickness and in Health
(Played by Dandy Nichols, who was in a wheelchair)

Robert T Ironside
(Played by an able-bodied actor)

Francesca Martinez, stand-up comedian with cerebral palsy. (The News Quiz, etc)

[woofgang]

add Storme Toolis in New Tricks.
I agree though that actors with disabilities seem only to appear when being disabled is part of the story line.

[bednobs]

bloddy hell chris - all of those are about 30 years ago!

[237SJ]

Now I come to think about it no, you don`t. Not all disabled persons are in wheelchairs and maybe the powers that be in advertising (who tend to be quite young) don`t have the wherewithal to explore all avenues as to how they can portray disabled people in advertising. They are not just adverse to disabled people though - the same goes for older people, people who are over a size 10 dress size etc.

[rockyracoon]

Liz Carr in Silent Witness. Though I do agree with you, you don't see it often enough.

[Buenchico]

>>>all of those are about 30 years ago!

Thora Hird was appearing (in a wheelchair) in Last of the Summer wine until shortly before her death in 2003.

Francesca Martinez is currently performing, promoting her book and writing her blog.

[netibiza]

There's the small woman market trader in Eastenders currently and also the girl in Corrie who works in the factory.

[bednobs]

actually i forgot about liz carr -

[Buenchico]

Let's not forget Jamil Dhillon in All About Me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1856000/1856665.stm

[237SJ]

I have just been in Singapore and I saw quite a lot of advertising boards with the picture of this lady http://www.bustle.com/articles/36173-chantelle-brown-young-takes-on-americas-next-top-model-proving-vitiligo-cant-keep-her-down It`s good to see that perceptions of beauty can be challenged.

[Hymie]

It’s OK as long as you don’t mind that everything you are handed is covered in dog saliva.

[woofgang]

ermm wrong thread Hymie?

[Hymie]

Have you seen the advert?

[tonymclark]

The boot's on the other foot in BBC Radio 4's "The Archers", they have a blind actor playing a sighted character.

[Hymie]

Reminds me of Peter Brough, who was a ventriloquist on the radio, back in the 1950s.