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Actors often find a rewarding and successful career in films. But Hollywood which touts itself as being some of the most inclusive groups in society, have shunned and discriminated against their own merely because of a disability.

For most in the industry it is really something that is invisible to them until there is one of the few roles specifically written for a person with a disability. And like the proverbial "White Elephant" is ignored when these roles almost always go to able bodied actors!

This is not only an opinion, experienced everyday by the struggling actors for the entire history of motion pictures, but is detailed in the first ever report commission by the Screen Actors Guild in 2005. Click here to read more.

Abilities United Productions is a main contributor in this turning point in Hollywood by changing these attitudes producing films that are written by a person with a disability and featuring a character with a disability in the starring role of all of their films.

In addition to that will hire those actors with the same or similar disability as the character they are portraying.

Days of the Al Jolson's in a wheelchair are OVER!

Here at Abilities United, actors work with each other and a reversal of the injustices of characters and actors with a disability have finally begun.

 
 
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Jose Rafael Fayette

Jose is a strong and passionate person with a disAbility! He is a quadriplegic since the age of 17 from a surfing accident and is an advocate for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As an actor he supports the "Inclusion in the Arts and Media for Performers with Disabilities (I.AM.PWD)" campaign sponsored by the tri-union actors guilds (SAG, AFTRA, EQUITY) and the Performers with Disabilities (PWD) Committee.

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Jose is also a graduate of the Sandy Meisner Acting at the Baron Brown Studios and landed his first audition afterwards as a detective Wallace in the independent feature film, "The Rejoin" directed by Liam Finn. Jose has a deep passion for acting and looks forward to a long and distinguished career as an actor. To read more go to his personal website at www.JoseRafaelFayette.com

Jose also has a lot of experience in funding, public relations, and as an attorney in business law where he has specialized in Titles I and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

 
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    If you are an actor (male or female) with a physical disability and would like to be featured on the Abilities United website send your picture, resume and/or your aspirations in the entertainment industry, and a little about yourself. Send them to castings@abilitiesunited.com  
     

 

 
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