Monday, 14 September 2009 21:02
According to the Screen Actors Guild "studies of television have shown that less than 2% of the characters on TV display a disability, but only one-half percent had speaking parts. Many of the characters with disabilities on TV are portrayed in stereotypical ways of being a victim or deserving of sympathy. Rarely are people with disabilities allowed to develop into multi-dimensional characters." Eddie McGee recently was a guest star on The Philanthropist, and has been seen in numerous roles including Law And Order, The Closer and Desperate Housewives. He is an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and is missing a leg.
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