SYDNEY - Hannah Diviney, diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, is hoping Walt Disney Co will create a princess character with disabilities, spearheading a campaign that has garnered support from Reese Witherspoon, Jameela Jamil and Mark Hamill. Sydney resident Diviney said she believes her life, and journey towards self-love and acceptance, would have been different if she had seen positive...
Disability advocate, Hannah Diviney, sits in her bedroom at her home in Sydney, Australia, on Feb 1, 2023.SYDNEY - Hannah Diviney, diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, is hoping Walt Disney Co will create a princess character with disabilities, spearheading a campaign that has garnered support from Reese Witherspoon, Jameela Jamil and Mark Hamill.
"The campaign is basically to create a disabled Disney princess and the reason for that specifically is because Disney princesses are the ones that get the most visibility," Diviney told Reuters in an interview. Diviney began an online campaign for Disney to create a princess character with disabilities in 2020 and the petition has now received 64,000 signatures.
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