Apologies for any inconvenience. Bridie McKim finished shooting the new ABC drama The Heights on a Friday in September last year. "But while she's passionate about stories that speak directly to the disabled experience – and its variety – disabled people are, after all, just people. I will recommend it to friends who also live with CP and other similar disabilities, and I will forever be grateful to Bridie, and the team behind “The Heights” for showing Australia that alongside the challenges of living with a disability, there is plenty of normality too. "Authentic casting is so important, and to actually see disabled people playing disabled roles is important. "It's pretty special growing up as a triplet, always having someone to muck around with or annoy … they still think I'm their daggy sister stumbling around in Sydney. Let me pose a theoretical question: When you sit down in the evening in front of Netflix or a television channel, excited to watch one of your favorite programs, do you give any more than a passing thought to why this particular show ranks among your favorites before you grab a snack and get comfortable on the couch?Recently, asking myself this question resulted in me identifying many things I enjoyed and admired about my favorite television show, “The Heights” on ABC Television in Australia: a talented and diverse cast, dynamic relationships and storylines that deal sensitively and hopefully with many important social issues that can at times be shirked or misunderstood in life off-screen.However, one reason shone out above all of these: disability representation.For the first time in my life, I looked at the screen and Sabine’s inclusion in the show is not at all tokenistic, nor is the focus exclusively on her disability. 1,601 Followers, 724 Following, 92 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Bridie McKim (@bridiemckim) "It means so much to me to play Sabine because I never saw any disabled people on television growing up, so it's really an honour to be able to play one.
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