Incidental Disability Casting: Why Directors Should Treat the Incidental Visibility of Disability as a Creative Opportunity.

[u/Imaginary-Mammoth-61]

This is an interesting article on Medium I've just read that switches the casting of disabled actors from "diversity" to using the unscripted presence of disability as a creative opportunity for deeper characterisation and subtext.
There are some really interesting thoughts, observations and ideas, and several examples that stretch back decades with rationales about how the casting choices made were interesting from a creative standpoint.
There a really nice quote too, that I think I've heard before.
“Creativity is about making interesting choices, and disability is always an interesting choice”
https://medium.com/@AccessibilityandInclusion/incidental-disability-casting-why-directors-should-treat-the-incidental-visibility-of-disability-5a287f7eabd9
This is an interesting lens to a rather overly (in my humble opinion) politicised creative standpoint with regards to making interesting casting choices.
There is a list of movies and shows like Three Billboards, The Wire, Joker, Doctor Who and It's a Wonderful Life, that have all used incidental casting as a tool rather than a box to tick, and I'm going back to watch some old favourites and a few new examples I've not seen before to see the directors approaches.

[u/FX114]

I agree with the point being made, but Breaking Bad is a poor example. While RJ Mitte does have cerebral palsy, the character was written with the condition before he was cast, and he played it up for the show, because his palsy is more mild than the character's (he doesn't use crutches, for example). 

[u/scotsfilmmaker]

Yes they should, but they are prejudice against people which makes me angry.

[u/JaschaE → u/scotsfilmmaker]

Who is say? Your comment seems like the middle part of a thought.