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Jun 8, 2016 · Now, “The Fundamentals of Caring,” a new movie based on a book by Jonathan Evision, joins the fold by casting an able-bodied actor to play a character with muscular dystrophy. The movie, which premieres on Netflix on June 24, tells the story of Ben (Paul Rudd), a caregiver-in-training, and Trevor (Craig Roberts), a young man with muscular ...
- Classes don’t teach what it’s like to be my caregiver. I often get applicants who emphasize that they have their CNA, HHA, or some other type of training as a reason why they are qualified for the job.
- I swear a lot. It’s true. I’m not innocent and angelic like the disability stereotypes. I swear, I have opinions, and I don’t sit around being fawningly grateful to everyone who does the tiniest thing to help me.
- Many significant moments in my life have taken place on the toilet. The bathroom scenes in “The Fundamentals of Caring” made me cheer out loud, just by virtue of them being in the film.
- I can’t give somebody the finger. You know that scene in the movie when Ben asks Trevor what he would most want to do if he didn’t have a disability?
The biggest letdown though, is that Craig Roberts is not actually disabled. Let’s be real. He relied completely on physical stereotypes to depict disability. For many, disability goes beyond set physical motions. The physical stereotypes were not even consistent or accurate, and I never believed he was truly disabled because of that.
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Oct 6, 2016 · Craig Roberts shot to fame in Richard Ayoade’s Submarine and has since starred in Being Human, Skins and Amazon series Red Oaks. Last year, the 25-year-old Welshman made his directorial debut with Just Jim.
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Craig Roberts. Actor: Submarine. Craig Roberts is one of the most interesting, diverse and exciting young actors working today. He is known for his breakout role in Submarine, for which he won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor, the London Critics Circle Film Award for Young British Performer of the Year, in addition to being nominated at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards for Most ...
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Nov 4, 2016 · The film features Paul Rudd as a personal care assistant to a teenager named Trevor with duchenne muscular dystrophy, acted by Craig Roberts (a non-disabled actor).
Sep 8, 2016 · Every time an able-bodied actor is cast as a disabled character, one of these rare opportunities is squandered. At the same time, every disabled film character also provides another kind of opportunity: a chance to create an accurate, empowering portrayal of a person with a disability.
