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Actor Rosie Jones has said TV ‘needs to do better’ for disabled representation, as she was hailed for her groundbreaking sitcom about disabled lives.
The 35-year-old comedian with cerebral palsy was named celebrity role model at the Scope Awards last night for her work amplifying disabled voices.
The Taskmaster contestant was the star behind the show Pushers, which follows a woman with cerebral palsy who’s forced to start dealing drugs when her disability benefits are cut.
She said: ‘When I was growing up, disability representation did not exist.
‘The very little representation we did get depicted us as being victims and vulnerable people. This is our lived experience.
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