Anyway, here's what creator Richard McKerrow says in Forbes about his past show in Britain, "Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge":
I did a program for Britain's channel 4 many years ago when I looked after disabled programming called Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge. When we did it, we were attacked by disability groups who said, 'Why did you need to put celebrities in wheelchairs to give them the experience of a disabled person? Use real disabled people!' And my response would be, 'I'm a passionate lobbyist of putting disabled people in mainstream television in every way that we can, but we also have to be realistic about the fact that viewers who don't know much about disabilities aren't necessarily going to tune in to that type of programming.'
This way you can do both. Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge was watched by an audience three times higher than would normally watch disabled programs. That meant people who don't know or care about disabilities were suddenly, through the prism of celebrity, brought to understand that Britain isn't a very accessible place for disabled people in wheelchairs. It went on to win an education award.
