Disabled Performers
FIA is committed to fighting any discrimination with respect to employment opportunities based on any ground, including disabilities. FIA members have come to realize that discrimination has many facets and are actively campaigning for inclusion, equality and diversity in our industry. But when it comes to performers with disabilities, the simple fact of accessing the stage or the set can literally be impossible. Too many studios and theatres do not have accessible back stages, and narrow spaces, steps, or lack of adapted signage and audio guidance for deaf and visually impaired artists can all be massive physical barriers. This means so many talented performers are excluded from projects before they have even started.
Our commitment to diversity necessarily means increasing audition and casting opportunities for performers with disabilities. FIA and its affiliates fight for fair representation and equal opportunities in the arts and entertainment industries, rejecting all forms of discrimination other than based on objective skills and talent. We believe that disabled performers should never be denied access to stage and screen, and need proper acknowledgement and representation.
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20.10.2022
FIA Global Diversity Working Group Meeting in London – 1...
The FIA Global Diversity Working group (GDWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2016 Congress held in Sao Paolo,...[more]
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04.06.2020
Good Practice on Gender Equality and Diversity in the...
The social partners of the EU Social Dialogue Committee in the Audiovisual sector - including commercial and public broadcasters,...[more]
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23.10.2019
Global Diversity Working Group Meeting in Vancouver – 2...
The FIA Global Diversity Working group (GDWG) is a thematic working group created during FIA’s 2016 Congress held in Sao Paolo,...[more]
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06.09.2016
Acting for Diversity: a common goal for FIA members
Talent, and only talent, must be the paramount reason for a performer’s engagement. And yet, too many performers today are...[more]