# How do the BFI Diversity Standards (as adapted by Screen Scotland) treat casting disabled actors and access consultation, and what do non-profit advocacy sources add or leave unavailable?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:17:29.285Z
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In Screen Scotland's April 2023 adaptation of the BFI Diversity Standards, the casting criterion can be met by casting a disabled actor in a role not written as disabled, and also by casting a disabled actor in a disabled role because non-disabled casting in such roles is common.

In Screen Scotland's April 2023 adaptation of the BFI Diversity Standards, the casting criterion can be met by casting a disabled actor in a role not written as disabled, and also by casting a disabled actor in a disabled role because non-disabled casting in such roles is common.

Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; commissioner commitments, not law or industry standard. D1 access-consultation wording not re-read; advocacy statistics (self-reported) not re-read.

Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; commissioner commitments, not law or industry standard.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.screen.scot/binaries/content/assets/screen-scot/funding--support/support/bfi-diversity-standards-april-2023-update/bfi-diversity-standards-april-2023-update.pdf",
      "note": "Screen Scotland: BFI Diversity Standards April 2023 update, Standard A casting criterion"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.disabilitybelongs.org/2021-report/entertainment/",
      "note": "Screen Scotland: BFI Diversity Standards April 2023 update, Standard A casting criterion"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.disabilitybelongs.org/2022/01/first-of-its-kind-hollywood-disability-inclusion-toolkit-offers-entertainment-professionals-facts-sources/",
      "note": "Screen Scotland: BFI Diversity Standards April 2023 update, Standard A casting criterion"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] In Screen Scotland's April 2023 adaptation of the BFI Diversity Standards, the casting criterion can be met by casting a disabled actor in a role not written as disabled, and also by casting a disabled actor in a disabled role because non-disabled casting in such roles is common. · locator: Screen Scotland: BFI Diversity Standards April 2023 update, Standard A casting criterion · source: https://www.screen.scot/binaries/content/assets/screen-scot/funding--support/support/bfi-diversity-standards-april-2023-update/bfi-diversity-standards-april-2023-update.pdf

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