More family films are including leading characters with disabilities, a new report finds. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

There was a lead character with a disability in eight percent of the 100 top-grossing family films last year, a historic high. The findings come from a report looking at the representation of race, gender, sexuality, age, body size and disability in films released in 2019 produced by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. However, the report also noted that “portrayals reinforce stereotypes.”