Teal Sherer is a successful actor and producer in Hollywood with several acclaimed roles on her resume and her own series on YouTube. She also uses a wheelchair. Teal was a featured speaker at the recent Texas Statewide Independent Living Conference, “Take a Seat to Make a Stand,” held March 3-5, 2013 in Austin, Texas. The Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC) hosts this conference each year.
Teal’s online series, My Gimpy Life (http://MyGimpyLife.com) takes a fun, edgy, and candid look at life as an actor with a disability. Not a documentary, Teal’s production advocates by example, portraying independent living while tackling in situational scenarios issues of accessibility, inclusion, and equal treatment of people with disabilities.
Take a look at Episode 1, “Accessible,” below. Be sure to notice all the independent living that goes on as a foundation to the advocacy about accessibility.