‘Baby Driver’ And ‘Avatar 2’ Actor CJ Jones Tells Hollywood That Disabled Are Able To Tell Their Own Stories – CAA Amplify

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CJ Jones was born with the ability to hear but due to spinal meningitis, he became deaf and his first language was American sign language. With support from his parents and perseverance to go again…

of the disabled community in film and TV, a marginalized community that has been underrepresented and underserved in Hollywood. He has done that by leading by example. He said that his inability to hear is a medical model and that it’s about “looking at an individual with their gifts and them telling a story they haven’t seen before.

Jones said, “I’m not waiting for Hollywood” when it comes to reaching his dreams. He looks to hire disabled people and be a producer. He launched the company Sign World Media and he said his goal is to serve innovative deaf people to work in post-production. He even admits that he has taught many of his deaf peers the Na’vi language from “I strive to reach the world,” Jones said. “There are 466 billion disabled individuals in the world — they have the same dream.

 

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