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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8470426" data-attributes="member: 2629">This does not handle the entire controversy.&nbsp; Consider: Today, it is considered unacceptable for an actor that can hear to play the part of a character that can't hear.&nbsp; It doesn't matter if the actor that can hear is being respectful or not, it is considered inappropriate, across the board, by the advocacy groups for the disabled and increasingly by Hollywood studios.Some of the reasons why this is not acceptable do not relate, strongly, to the RPG discussion.&nbsp; For example, playing a character without the ability to hear would not deny someone that can't hear a paying job (although if they were a Critical Role cast member...) However, when you 'play at' having a disability that you have never experienced, there are many people that consider it to be demeaning to those that actually do have experience with the disability.&nbsp; Regardless of your respect, your consideration, or your attempts at authenticity, there are those out there with the disability, and their allies, that are offended by the attempt.&nbsp; This is not a simple situation, and there is no universal agreement on what is appropriate.&nbsp; If you Google the term &quot;cripface&quot; you can find a lot of discussion on many, many, many different elements of the controversy as it relates to acting, and can see that some of those elements do apply to RPGs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8470426, member: 2629"] This does not handle the entire controversy. Consider: Today, it is considered unacceptable for an actor that can hear to play the part of a character that can't hear. It doesn't matter if the actor that can hear is being respectful or not, it is considered inappropriate, across the board, by the advocacy groups for the disabled and increasingly by Hollywood studios. [I]Some[/I] of the reasons why this is not acceptable do not relate, strongly, to the RPG discussion. For example, playing a character without the ability to hear would not deny someone that can't hear a paying job (although if they were a Critical Role cast member...) However, when you 'play at' having a disability that you have never experienced, there are many people that consider it to be demeaning to those that actually do have experience with the disability. Regardless of your respect, your consideration, or your attempts at authenticity, there are those out there with the disability, and their allies, that are offended by the attempt. This is not a simple situation, and there is no universal agreement on what is appropriate. If you Google the term "cripface" you can find a lot of discussion on many, many, many different elements of the controversy as it relates to acting, and can see that some of those elements do apply to RPGs. [/QUOTE]

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