Actors with Down Syndrome. (cover story)

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  • Author(s): Rice, Lynette
  • Source:
    Entertainment Weekly. 3/2/2012, Issue 1196, p48-54. 7p. 12 Color Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ACTORS with disabilities; ACTORS; DOWN syndrome; GLEE (TV program); AMERICAN Horror Story (TV program); ZIMMERMAN, Luke; POTTER, Lauren
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses actors and actresses with Down syndrome (DS), focusing on the increased prominence of these actors in 2011, when three prime-time TV series featured players with Down syndrome in major roles. It profiles the actors Lauren Potter, who plays Becky on "Glee," Luke Zimmerman, of American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," and Jamie Brewer, of Fox Extended's (FX) "American Horror Story." Other topics include Down Syndrome in Arts & Media, a nonprofit that facilitates between casting agents actors and actresses with Down syndrome, and the presence of people with Down syndrome in the workforce.