Ask Disney to represent children with Down syndrome in its animated movies

Disney movies are such a wonderful force for good! Thank you for long depicting strong female role models for young girls. However, it broke my heart to read about a little girl whose baby sister has Down’s syndrome. Rewatching one of their favorite Disney movies, she sadly told her mommy, “Delaney can never be a Princess.” Children with disabilities are princes and princesses, too – should they grow up mesmerized and admiring all the "princesses" role models whom they can never aspire to be like? Your amazing company has always done a great job of depicting right from wrong. You provide wonderful moral lessons and teach our children to be good people -- yet your movies have miniscule representation of disabled people, those who are often bullied and looked down upon by other children. What wonderful lessons of acceptance you could teach our children by creating a wider awareness of children with disabilities like Down snydrome! You are in a great position to make an impact and encourage compassionate perceptions in the young minds you mold. Please take a more proactive approach in representing characters of all abilities by promoting disabled characters as heroes and heroines in your movies!