For the past several days, I have been trying to find any representation of people with Celiac Disease in movies, and I cannot find ANY representation. I find this quite disturbing, due to the fact that Celiac Disease is on the rise. More people than ever are being diagnosed with this life-changing, auto-immune disease. As of late, there are a lot of misconceptions about this disease. Society thinks that it is another word for being on a "trendy" Gluten Free diet. People think that we are "annoying cry babies."
The Celiac Disease community would not be in such an uproar if we were better represented. Would it be too much to ask that we were represented in movies? One percent of Americans have Celiac Disease. Some have already been officially diagnosed, and most haven't. There are millions of Americans in the United States, and one percent is a lot of people. It would be only fitting that we were represented. Not only that, it would make room for more Gluten Free products to be available to us, not only that, it may even help scientists develop a cure for this disease.
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