Disability in the Entertainment Business with Sawsan Zakaria

13/03/2023 38 min Temporada 5 Episodio 130
Disability in the Entertainment Business with Sawsan Zakaria

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Episode Synopsis

Our hosts, Mai Ling and James, share some important updates on what is going on in their respective careers before we dive into a discussion with our guest. Sawsan Zakaria chats with Mai Ling about her participation in the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge on multiple occasions. As an actress and model with a neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy, Sawsan talks about her experiences as an actress with a disability in LA, recounting some of the highs and lows. She also shares her thoughts on how the collective preconceptions about disability are slowly shifting in the industry.

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