Actress Marissa Bode (Wisconsin, 25 years old) became, in 2024, the first performer with a physical disability to play the role of . Her partner has been in a wheelchair since she was 11 as a result of a car accident, although that never stopped her from becoming a theater and film actress. On his social networks he constantly practices activism against injustices: and maintains a constant fight for the rights of people in wheelchairs. Now she has used her TikTok account, in which she has more than 235,000 followers, to point out the airline Southern Airways for discrimination: “I was denied boarding on a flight because I am disabled. I wish it were a sensationalist headline. I wish it were false, but it was,” she denounces in the video.
