ted talk, in which you talk about acting. >> finally my senior year we decided to do a show "they dance slow in jackson", a play about a girl with cp. i was a girl with cp. i shouted from the rooftops, i'm finally getting a part. i have cerebral palsy, free at last, thank god almighty i'm free at last. i didn't get the part. sherry brown got the part much i went raying to the head of the theatre department crying hysterically like someone shot my cat to ask why, and she says they didn't thing i could do the stunts. i said excuse me, if i can't do the stunts, neither can the character. [ laughter ] >> this was a part that i was literally born to play, and they gave it to a non-palsy actress. it was imitating life. hollywood has a history of castingable-bodied actors to play disabled on screen. into it's funny, but truly sad. give me a rehabilitation. it's appalling luke you said. we definitely are in a stage and entertainment where we look at diversity. if you look at the daytime shows. there's not a single stability presence on any of the shows. we are the largest minority. then, when you do have a disabled character, you h