In terms of efforts to bolster on-screen diversity, Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason says the industry "can get a tick" but "we don't get gold star yet".
People with disability working in the screen industry routinely experience prejudice, are lower paid, offered more precarious work and are in less powerful positions than their non-disabled counterparts.
In March last year, Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In her acceptance speech, she drew attention to the female nominees in the room and left them with two final words: “inclusion rider”.