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Poll: Does TV do a good job of depicting people with disabilities?

Autistic eyewitnesses, blind detectives, heart-tugging families in need of houses or medical help -- it's not uncommon to see people with special medical, physical, psychological or developmental needs on TV, but often they seem to be more of a plot device or sweeps ploy than actual living, breathing human beings. Do you think TV does a good job of depicting people with disabilities? Pick as many choices below as you agree with, or if your opinion's not here select "other."

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