Inclusive Crew Roles
Hire people with disability on your crew. By actively seeking and hiring crew members with disabilities, a production not only fosters a more inclusive work environment but also benefits from a broader range of perspectives and talents. This approach promotes an industry culture that values diversity and recognizes the contributions of individuals with disabilities in various roles, such as camera operators, production runners, animators or assistant editors.
Putting into place an active Inclusion Plan involves identifying potential barriers and challenges that individuals with disabilities might face during the production and implementing strategies to overcome them. This could include providing assistive technologies, offering flexible work arrangements, or adjusting schedules to accommodate specific needs.
Resource Kit
We've made comprehensive resources available with every certification to help you make your content more inclusively:
- Guide: Inclusive Crew Management
Certification Requirements
- Crew role and job description of the crew with disability on set
- Details about the reasonable accommodations required for each individual
Need Additional Support?
Our partners can help create inclusive productions and meet certification requirements:
Inclusion Partners
Certification Areas
The easiest way to get certified is to create an Inclusion Plan at the beginning of your production.
Once inclusive practices are in place on your production, certification is easy! Productions are scored for certificating from a weighted scoring system to assess the inclusiveness and authenticity of the project against the following categories:
Inclusive Casting
Authentic and empowering representation of people with disability on screen
Accessible Auditions
Inclusive and accessible audition processes
Inclusive Mentoring
Creating employment and development opportunities for people with disability behind the camera
Inclusive Crew Roles
Meaningful employment of people with disability in crew roles
Accessible Documentation
Clear and accessible communications for all cast and crew
Accessible Locations
Every location that people with disability are required to physically be at, must be accessible to them
Safe & Inclusive Environment
Commitment to a safe and inclusive production workplace and/or set
Accessible Broadcast
All productions will meet video accessibility, captioning and audio description standards