[Source: Disability Scoop]

Netflix is backing a new effort to train writers, animators and creative executives who have disabilities to work on television shows aimed at preschoolers and children.

The streaming service will team with the disability nonprofit RespectAbility to establish the Children’s Content Lab for Disabled TV Creators, a five-week program to build up new talent in the children’s television space.

Up to 15 participants will take part in workshops, trainings, panel discussions and networking events, organizers said. They will also be assigned mentors, go through table reads of each writer’s project and have a week of career training with industry experts.

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