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There are more people like me on TV than ever before – so why hasn’t my life changed?

From Meryl Williams, a finalist on everyone’s new favourite reality show The Traitors, to Kiruna Stammel entering the GP practice on daytime soap Doctors. Annabelle Davis, daughter of Warwick, joining the cast of Hollyoaks, to Ellie Simmonds waltzing up a storm on Strictly and Francesca Mills, dry-humoured as ever, on The Witcher: Blood Origin.

It’s been an incredible couple of months for people with dwarfism in TV. 

There are more people that look like me on TV, showcasing disabled joy and awesomeness, than ever in my living memory. Whether acting, dancing, or reality tv contestant-ing, we’re seeing them in the fullness of who they are. We get to discover and enjoy their personalities, their talents and – like with all humans – the things they’re not so good at too. 

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How Waterloo Road is Normalising Disability in Mainstream Schools

Waterloo Road is back and more explosive than ever before. After seven years away, the BBC fan favourite high school soap has returned to our screens, tackling the issues of modern-day living that affect young people up and down the country. 

Something the show has always been at the forefront of though, compared to its counterparts is representing disability in a mainstream school setting.