Monday, July 18, 2011

In Korea, disabled lawmaker offers fresh insight on needs of people with disabilities there

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From The Korea Herald : For the needy people, welfare is a right given them, not charity, an opposition lawmaker said Sunday, urging the g...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

PHAMALy, Denver's disability theatre troupe, opens musical that includes first deaf performer

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From John Moore,  The Denver Post  theater critic: Actress Nicki Runge (pictured) calls herself not just deaf, but "deaf with a capit...

Blind film reviewer to be a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

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From The Tampa Tribune : ( Media dis&dat note: The story says he is the nation's only blind film critic but Tommy Edison is also a ...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Clarins hires Paralympics blade runner to model for provocative ad in effort to challenge fashion industry ideal of beauty

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From The NY Times : The first thing that registers in a glance at the new advertising campaign for Thierry Mugler A★Men fragrance is that ...

In NY city, disabled beachgoers no longer left stranded in sand with city's new water wheelchairs

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From the NY Daily News : Whenever Lucila Rodriguez (pictured) went to Orchard Beach with her family, the 86-year old grandmother had to si...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Gamers with disabilities battle indifferent industry

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From Wired : Chuck Bittner (pictured) would love to saddle up and lasso some lawbreakers in Red Dead Redemption. But the videogame’s contr...

"Vamps Next Door" casting call for disabled actors

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From SAG Affirmative Action & Diversity : The casting breakdown below for the SAG New Media production “The Vamps Next Door”. Projec...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Disabled Nebraska teen wants to participate in disability-friendly cheerleading team

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From The Independent in Nebraska: AURORA, Neb. -- Julia Sullivan (pictured in marching band) wants to be a cheerleader. She likes to da...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Comedian Ricky Gervais defends dwarfism sitcom

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From AAS : Ricky Gervais has defended his new sitcom centred around Warwick Davis, insisting he doesn't rely on the dwarf actor's ...

After three years of fighting, double amputee in Virginia finally gets ADA-accessible housing

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From The Virginian-Pilot : PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- For three years, double-amputee Margaret McNeil (pictured) lived confined to the first floor...

Canadian dancer with Down syndrome shares his passion through teaching

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From The Times-Colonist in Canada: Brad Magnus (pictured) has danced with prima donnas and performed for royalty, but today he faces a n...

NPR: A prenatal surgery for spina bifida comes of age

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Intro to the story at NPR : When she was 19 weeks pregnant, Sarah White went for a routine ultrasound and got a shock. "I could tel...

Tactile pixels in display allows blind users to "feel" touch screens

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From Mobiledia : New display technology is allowing users to "feel" touch screens, giving the blind a way to interact with mobil...

Disabled boy at the center of grandparents custody battle with Kentucky

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From The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.: Steve and Robin Ritter (pictured) say they never wanted to relinquish custody of his severel...

UCLA eyes adding more American Sign Language course offerings

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From The Daily Bruin , the student newspaper at UCLA: Unlike most kids, Valerie Rose (pictured) did not mumble “mommy” or “daddy” as her f...