IS INCLUSION A FARYTALE?

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Disney has come a long way when it comes to princesses. It's not just Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty anymore. Disney now has princesses of all races and ethnicities. 

One billion people, or 15% of the world’s population, experience some form of disability. 93 million are children. 

 

Yet those of us with disabilities do not have a Disney princess to represent us. Why?.

Are those of us with disabilities not pretty enough? Are we not perfect enough? Everyone has flaws. Even a princess. Are the folks at Disney afraid that a princess with a disability could not t execute the royal wave properly?  

Having a princess with a disability may not fit the traditional model of who a Disney princess is. I challenge the folks at Disney to expand their princess model by thinking outside the box. A princess in a power chair. a princess using a walker, crutches, wearing a brace on her leg, or a princess who is deaf. Just imagine it.  Just one Disney princess with a disability could make all the difference to a child with a disability.

A Disney princess is strong, courageous, and kind. She not only possesses outer beauty but inner beauty as well which is even more important. She has faced challenges in her life. She has persevered. I was wrong. A Disney princess with a disability would fit the princess model quite well.

So Mickey, how about it? It's 2021. The time has come for the larges minority group to be represented.

Don't make inclusion at Disney just a fairytale.

Disability references in Disney and Pixar films.

 https://newzhook.com/story/disabled-animation-characters-disney-pixar-films-disabled/?fbclid=IwAR3OC5lv7TbPYpWw9dgebyMTuMouz1rDlsjq1Ew4mQs2p_R-JsVVvkEbNkE

This is a great beginning. let's hope a princess with a disability be the star of her own animated film soon. 

Here's my story about a princess with a disability.  https://busyworldofbiancabear.blogspot.com/p/pri.html

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