Disclosure: please note that the volunteers at NBCPD have not reviewed the content of each and every movie or series included in this post. It is meant as a starting point, if you wish to choose entertainment that includes characters you can relate to. Also, please not that we have not checked if all actors are people with life experience as a person with a disability. NBCPD supports, above all, authentic representation in films. However, we have been able to confirm authentic representation in all the entries in the list below.
Recommended Inclusive Networks & Streaming
AMI tv
CBC Gem
Movies & Documentaries
Rising Phoenix (available on Netflix)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (available on Netflix)
A Quiet Place (available on Paramount Plus)
Then Barbara Met Alan (Netflix, Roku)
. The L Word: Generation Q (Crave)
CODA (AppleTV+, Prime)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (Paramount, Netflix, AppleTV+)
Creed III (Prime, AppleTV+)
Series & Movies on GEM (Please note that many of the GEM content can also be found on AppleTV+)
You’re My Hero
Words Left Unspoken
This Close (also available on Sundance Now)
Ellie Simmonds Finding My Secret Family
Little Miss Sleepy
My Brother, Soleiman
NO Way To Die
Austin
Is There Anybody Out There?
You Can’t Ask That
Gabrielle
Better Date Than Never
Dinosaur
Ness Mumby Transcending
Name Me Legend
One More Time
Push
The Mum Who Got Tourette’s
The Awakeners
Living Wil: How To Change Your Life
NFB
Latecomers
AUGMENTED
Double Tap TV
Four Senses
Ralph& Katie