Seal of Approval for Authentic Representation

Seal of Approval for Authentic Representation

Seal of Approval for Authentic Representation

The Ruderman Seal of Approval for Authentic Representation is awarded to television or feature film projects featuring actors with disabilities in substantial speaking roles, and has been conceived as the premier recognition for those in the entertainment creative community who show the commitment toward full inclusiveness in popular culture.

The Seal will be awarded when productions meet two simple, specific, highly achievable, criteria:

Authentic Representation of Disability

The Seal is awarded to television shows and movies that feature actors with disabilities with a speaking role of at least five lines;

In or Approaching Release

These productions must be in, or on the verge of, general release.

The Importance of Authenticity

Our Seal Awardees

December2024
Ezra
Bleeker Street
Heartbreak High
Netflix
Out of My Mind
Disney+
Fool Me Once
Netflix
Kaos
Netflix
March2024
The Witcher Blood Origins
Netflix
Champions
Universal Pictures
All the Light We Cannot See
Netflix
Wildflower
Hulu
June2023
An Irish Goodbye
Short Film
The Last of Us
HBO
Accused
FOX
New Amsterdam
NBC
October2022
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Apple TV+
The Sex Lives of College Girls
HBO
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Paramount+
Best Foot Forward
Apple TV+
Color my World With Love
Hallmark
April2022
Only Murder’s in the Building
Hulu
Eternals
Marvel
Hawkeye
Marvel
Ordinary Joe
NBC
And Just Like That
HBO
October2021
The One
Netflix
Never Have I Ever
Netflix
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Freeform
9-1-1
FOX
Coda
Apple TV+
June2021
Ginny & Georgia
Netflix
A Quiet Place II
Paramount Pictures
Firefly Lane
Netflix
Godzilla vs. Kong
Warner Bros & Legendary
Triumph
Digital Ignition Entertainment
February2021
Emmerdale Farm
ITV Studios
Call the Midwife
BBC & PBS
Fear the Walking Dead
AMC
Sex Education
Netflix
Will & Grace
NBC
November2020
Run
Hulu
Little Voice
Apple TV+
Away
Netflix
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
Apple TV+
Grey’s Anatomy
NBC
Locke & Key
Netflix
June2020
See
Apple TV+
Spare Room
Short Film
The Politician
Netflix
This is Us
NBC
Atypical
Netflix
November2019
Raising Dion
Netflix
Tales of the City
Netflix
General Hospital
ABC
Years and Years
BBC & HBO
Loudermilk
Audience
July2019
Ramy
Hulu
This Close
SundanceTV
Give me Liberty
Music Box Films
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Roadside Attraction
May2019
Special
Netflix
The OA
Netflix
Speechless
NBC
NCIS: New Orleans
CBS

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