| 单词 | disabled |
| 例句 | The euthanasia, or “mercy death” program, targeted physically and mentally disabled infants, children, teenagers, and adults living in hospitals and institutions. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When you haven't disabled the heater, it warms up right away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Once it’s working, it responds to the other voices in the squadron so if, say, Boggs were killed or severely disabled, someone could take over. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The gorgons had disabled the giant eagles and now flew unchallenged over the giant’s remaining centaurs and the Earthborn, trying to rally them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The lack of treatment makes compliance with the myriad rules that define prison life impossible for many disabled people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He showed them other examples, and they decided that as long as we disabled comments and didn’t have any way for people to find out personal information about me, it was okay with them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I’m absolutely ordinary — well, except for bad things like all the near-death experiences and being so clumsy that I’m almost disabled. And look at you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t ever want to be seen just as a disabled person,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The land mines were disabled after the sixty seconds we stood on the plates, but the boy from District 3 must have managed to reactivate them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That night, after I shut off the lights and disabled the security cameras, I unlocked my entertainment unit’s maintenance access panel and installed the flash drive into an expansion slot used for firmware upgrades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z An intellectually disabled black woman living in Choctaw County, Alabama, Ms. Banks was accused of killing her newborn child even though police had no credible basis for believing she had ever been pregnant. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Growing up in a working-class community and with a disabled parent, I’d learned that planning and vigilance mattered a lot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My dad pulled me aside as I filed past the Council, whose older or disabled members had lined up to see us off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z We asked for help to send disabled and street children to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z "I have always wanted to ride in a handicapped van. All my life, I have wanted to see how a disabled person like yourself applies the brakes and steps on the gas." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z For the immediate future, our partnership with the Oakland Police Department has been suspended, and the metal detectors have been disabled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Dotted along the way were disabled military vehicles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court had banned the execution of people with intellectual disability, but states like Alabama refused to assess in any honest way whether the condemned are disabled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Only because I am temporarily disabled,” said Duke. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Thousands of black workers, including many who were elderly and some who were disabled, set out from home in the predawn darkness and walked miles each day. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Later, the black movement’s vitality extended to animate the liberation movements of women, the elderly, the physically disabled, and the homosexual. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The stand Frank’s son had made for me and all the training I’d done meant I could play in normal competition, rather than signing up for disabled bowls. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Which means all the guns in this building should be disabled for exactly two minutes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the face of pain there are no heroes, no heroes, he thought over and over as he writhed on the floor, clutching uselessly at his disabled left arm. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The physically and mentally disabled interfered with the Nazis’ plan to create a master race. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Wait—there’s more here. He almost disabled the level, didn’t he? This spot—he realized that the code was weak here.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After I disabled their engines, I boarded the ship and proceeded to kill every avatar there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Where were they when he returned from Vietnam traumatized and disabled? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m just stating a fact. I’m disabled. You’re disabled. Everyone at that stupid support group is disabled. I’m just telling it like it is.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After graduating from North Carolina A&T, Blair left the state for a job in Massachusetts, where he continues to live, working with developmentally disabled adults. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The coach seemed disabled, the horses were almost spent. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure there were a few club members still dubious about a skinny disabled kid playing, but the first bowl I sent down that day gently nudged the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He passed sections like his own where vehicles were being disabled and the wounded were being lifted into lorries. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For many condemned and disabled people like Horace Dunkins, the ban came too late. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Another inmate housed with Joe wrote to us and described him as disabled, horribly mistreated, and wrongfully condemned to die in prison for a non-homicide crime at thirteen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There were no disabled role models for a young boy trying to work out what sort of man he could become. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z That bit went well—within a minute we had thoroughly disabled it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Steadying myself, I input the code and disabled the electricity. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I just had to disconnect the dots for the people who thought that being physically disabled automatically meant you were intellectually disabled too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The state troopers went on to describe, briefly, how the oncoming car hit the disabled vehicle and sent it into the side of the rocky embankment with Will’s dad pinned between them. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t get bogged down in all those touchy-feely words and phrases you read in books on disabled kids. Melody is a child who can learn and will learn if she sticks with me!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled, the weak, and the sick were sent to the left in a line that ended at the gas chambers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I did something I’d been dying to do for the past week—I disabled the locking mechanisms on both devices. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She figured out early that nobody liked an angry disabled person. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It can be thrown off, distracted, and disabled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Indeed, when we look at the art of the mentally disabled, we may be struck by its vividness; but we instinctively sense that something is wrong, because the expression is incomplete. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I mean disabled. That’s the one thing he hates the most.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “He’s no friend of mine! He’s the reason my father’s dead and my mother is disabled for life! He chose to be a Communist traitor. He’s no friend.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He’s also disabled due to arthritis in his spine. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But mostly I sulked because Connor was right—I was disabled and no one would ever see me as anything else. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You can choose to keep her at home, or you can send her to a special school for the developmentally disabled. There aren’t many choices here locally.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z For Lucy there’s no pain, no rehab, no learning to live disabled. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Fate not only disabled him but laid a double-tiered barrier in his path. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitler considered those born blind or disabled, inferior. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I can only make out some of the numbers and letters, and what scares me the most is that I don’t remember if I disabled her password. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the secret parts of his peculiar brain, those unhappy and inextricable tangles which he felt at the roots, the boy was disabled by something which we cannot explain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that she is a disabled girl with no home and no parents. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Michael Lindsey had received a life verdict from the jury and was executed instead; Horace Dunkins was intellectually disabled, and the governor had not spared him, either. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Maybe we would look harder for solutions to caring for the disabled, the abused, the neglected, and the traumatized. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The blacks, the Gypsies, anyone of mixed race, the mentally or physically disabled and the homosexuals. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Mom had no intention of sending me to a school for the disabled, even though she was constantly asked if that’s where I was headed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The Guild is currently supporting fifty riders who were permanently disabled on the job. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s considered impolite now to say that someone is crippled—most people use the word “disabled” instead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He wrote, “I was more disabled when I returned than when I left.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jobs like mine were usually taken by boys with some physical disability, since everyone had to take part in sports and this was all disabled boys could do. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Although many abhorred the killings, others favored these deaths, especially in cases of severely mentally ill or disabled children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I've represented mentally disabled people whose illnesses have often landed them in prison for decades. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z All along the white beach, up and down, there was no living thing in sight A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled down, down to the water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they visited the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, a retirement home for old and disabled veterans. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Over the years, she became less functional and more mentally disabled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It hurts to see Beck like this: rebuilt nose, facial scars, disabled for life, Beck wondering if he can practice medicine again, and the like. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And I feel a special closeness with people who are crippled or disabled in any way. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Would you like to come down to my club on Saturday, maybe meet one of the coaches and be assessed for disabled bowling?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Their first-impression apparatus is fundamentally disabled, and the way that people with autism see the world gives us a very good sense of what happens when our mind-reading faculties fail. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z People at the bottom of the scale—with an IQ below 70—are considered mentally disabled. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The inability of many disabled, low-income people to receive treatment or necessary medication dramatically increased their likelihood of a police encounter that would result in jail or prison time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He lost several fingers working in a prison factory and was now disabled as a result of his forced labor at Angola. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It may have disabled the cameras as well,” Castor translates. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Willem leans over his bicycle; he's disabled his chain and is now pretending to fix it, working it back over the sprocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Some physically disabled children were allowed to join a special section—the Disabled and Infirm Hitler Youth—as long as they passed the racial tests. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t even know there was a special category for disabled bowling. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Peeta’s knife arm is disabled as he tries to remove the sheath. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course Freak has probably already guessed I'm a learning disabled, because he's had a look around my room and it isn't exactly the public library. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It carried Cold Sassy’s disabled veterans and the moldy old ones. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sosie had only heard about every third word, but she understood completely that Mrs. Brewer thought she could pair disabled kids like socks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Were I intellectually disabled too, they probably wouldn’t have gone ahead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I replace the word gays from her sentence with these other words: blacks, Hispanics, immigrants, women, people of mixed race, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, Russians, Poles, Yugoslavians, Ukrainians, mentally and physically disabled. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Many judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers do a poor job of recognizing the special needs of the mentally disabled, which leads to wrongful convictions, lengthier prison terms, and high rates of recidivism. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What if it wasn’t an animal, but a person? And what if that person disabled Verin long enough for them to summon this creature?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She disabled a third siege weapon by sawing through the torsion ropes, which should give the Argo II a clear approach from the north. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At school I eat in a special area of the cafeteria with the other disabled kids. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z In the new pure agrarian society, there is no place for disabled people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the officer driving a van that ferries disabled inmates and others around Sing Sing jumped out and helped subdue the man. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And we have never talked about finding out that Papa had anonymously donated to the children’s hospitals and motherless babies’ homes and disabled veterans from the civil war. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that those two over-die-hill players, permanently on the disabled list, were once in the starting lineup? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Looks like you had a blerry square dance up here. You certainly live up to your name, Disaster. You’ve disabled half the farm crew.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He countered by taking the position that he was officially disabled and therefore entitled to be paid for a full year after he began his medical leave. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Modern foragers occasionally abandon and even kill old or disabled people who cannot keep up with the band. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Ob was never embarrassed about being a disabled navy man who fiddled with whirligigs all day long, and I never was embarrassed about being a kid who’d been passed around for years. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Although once or twice the light chaise slurred as it caught in great ruts made by the disabled Lyte coach, there was no other sign of the late violence.The mob was utterly gone. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know your dad was disabled,” he said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I was distressed that I had been disabled, however briefly, by the pain, and I did my best to hide my agony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I’d disabled my alarm’s snooze feature and instructed the computer to blast “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham! Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Also, if you’re traveling with young children or are disabled, and an overnight stay or a lengthy wait is likely, a carrier may consider “240’ing” you. If your flight is canceled, is your airline obligated to get you to your destination? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z She resisted, but like many disabled people, I had learned not to take no for an answer. How 30 Blocks Became 30 Years 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z And no, he’s not inspiring because he’s disabled, and disabled people are here on Earth to overcome adversity and be courageous and give inspiration to the rest of us. Eight areligious scientists who changed the world 2012-08-21T13:40:00Z Ms. Sullivan, who was born without lower legs, doesn’t believe that able-bodied performers should be prevented from playing the disabled. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Our Voices Our Stories Issues faced by women, urban youth and disabled young adults are explored in monologues, music and dance. L.A. theater openings, July 12-19: 'Girlfriend' and more 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z This geometry of bodies — the meditative disabled man and his attentive able-bodied friend — is echoed by the storytelling. ‘Give Me Liberty’ Review: A Wild Ride With a Virtuoso of Chaos 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z "He said that if we wanted to make a show in the disabled toilet, we could," says Turner. Little Bulb: natural born lyres 2013-03-27T08:00:06Z Kellett, the disabled veteran, interrupts his walk-and-talk video when he spots a heavyset sheriff’s deputy walking out to the parking lot, mopping sweat off his face with a towel slung over his shoulder. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Since college he had been working with developmentally disabled children in group homes. Seven Buds for Seven Brothers 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Red Dog was a disabled Vietnam veteran, and he donated his government checks to the band when it was struggling. The town that produced musical legends keeps staying in the groove 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “There isn’t any attention from official institutions to help disabled people, or from international organizations either. Despite there being so many in Yemen at the moment,” Eissa said. Hitchhiking with a wheelchair in war-torn Yemen 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The girl, who looked about 14, was in a high-tech wheelchair and severely disabled. Magazine Preview: You Blow My Mind. Hey, Mickey! 2011-06-09T14:04:26Z If you’re disabled, and particularly if you have a disability that’s progressive, you know there’s going to come a time when you’re not going to be able to do these things. For the Disabled Traveler, Strategies for a Successful Trip 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In the terminology of the time, fools were "natural" or "artificial" – ie, learning disabled, or just pretending. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z He also challenged the United States to become the first country to be completely accessible to the disabled. Stevie Wonder brings new life to ‘Songs in the Key of Life’ at Verizon Center concert Their achievement is even more remarkable given the lack of state aid for disabled children in Bosnia. From fear of water to gold medal, Bosnian swimmer beats the odds 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Bill felt I was a perfectly safe lunch date—I’d never thought of myself as a danger to the disabled until our spat online— but I was now self-conscious. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Lijewski was declared permanently and totally disabled; her medical bills are covered by the theater’s workers’ compensation insurance. New staging of ‘Tommy’ to include Russell Harvard and Monica Lijewski 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The exhibits are designed to be more accessible to disabled audiences than ever before. Largest festival of disabled artists opens in DC 2010-06-08T22:30:00Z “Will they start literally throwing me to the ground?” the disabled Holocaust survivor said on a recent afternoon, seated inside his living room of 17 years in Alameda. The Holocaust survivor, 87, facing eviction in California: 'Will they throw me to the ground?' 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Another acquisition, still in production, is Crip Camp, a documentary about a summer camp for disabled teenagers. Barack and Michelle Obama announce first slate of Netflix projects 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z "From here all the way down is disabled, Mr Eavis," says the attendant. Michael Eavis interview: 'We've got the perfect loos for Glastonbury' 2013-06-21T13:01:17Z Only the stoniest of hearts remains unmoved during the "reveal", as the needy, war veterans and people with disabled kids are gifted the house of their dreams. The continuing legacy of Pimp My Ride 2011-08-11T10:48:43Z Some disabled actors are upset when they see Richard III, one of the juiciest disabled characters in the canon, go to someone else. Who Can Play the King? Representation Questions Fuel Casting Debates. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z And, Abareshi said, “There is a real expectation by the public to find some superficial positivity within the disabled experience, a portrayal that follows notions of empowerment or emancipation.” As People Reflect on Their Bodies, Museums Turn to Artists for Answers 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z This year's Glastonbury festival is the first ever to be awarded "gold" status by campaigners who want better access for deaf and disabled people at concerts and music venues. Glasto praised over disabled access 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z But it is important to remember that those experiences don’t come easily for young disabled people. Disability and sex are not mutually exclusive 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The organization points out that these practices appear to disproportionately target disabled students, and can be fatal in some cases. Disabled — and handcuffed at school 2012-05-23T15:05:00Z The disabled have never really featured in our stories of ourselves: as White said, when he was growing up it was as though disabled people didn't exist until the 20th century. Rewind radio: Disability: A New History; Book of the Week – review 2013-06-01T17:00:03Z And most are not played by disabled actors. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Mike Nichols, the director of Regarding Henry, no doubt thought Walking On the Moon summed up the disabled state of his protagonist. Soundtracks of my tears: how movie music sets a mood and sums up an era 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The organization’s focus is on helping elderly and disabled people stay in their homes, not in prepping homes for sale, so their priorities align well with yours. How to fix a broken bedrail 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z On 8 April the Personal Independence Payment replaced the Disability Living Allowance, raising concerns among disabled groups, and charities from Carers UK to Scope, that disabled people's access to benefits will be reduced. Artist-activist Liz Crow's 'bed-out' for disabled rights 2013-04-09T18:00:01Z The result of this self-perpetuating cycle is limited opportunities to tell the disabled story in all its dimensions. Is it ever OK for non-disabled actors to play disabled roles? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z After decades working underground in the sooty air of coal mines, many are severely disabled. America Has Mistreated Its Coal Miners. Here’s Their Fight for Justice. 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z He wanted, he says, the industry to understand that disabled actors could be movie stars, too. 'It was like lighting yourself on fire': how Shia LaBeouf's co-star changed his life 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z When I tried to repeat my booking the next day, I received a message that my account had been disabled. Help! I Was Banned From Lyft and No One Will Tell Me Why. 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z In April, the family-run restaurant decided to open its doors to people in need, including the elderly, disabled, unemployed and those who aren’t able to cook. Bronx restaurant becomes soup kitchen to help community during pandemic 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z “I yelled at her that being pregnant does not automatically make you disabled and unable to do anything,” the anonymous doctor wrote in the post. Doctor slammed for complaining about 'lazy' pregnant wife on social media 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The constant depiction of disability in this way is not helping any of us, least of all the many who will become disabled during our lifetimes. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, Sarah Palin shared on Facebook that the satirist had “duped” her into an interview by disguising himself as a disabled American military veteran. Who else might be a victim of Sacha Baron Cohen's new show? 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The Spongers, made in 1978, and which told the story of a single mother of a disabled child as she struggled against proposed benefit cuts, has searing contemporary relevance. Tony Garnett: 'BBC has little interest in poor people' 2013-04-11T16:49:45Z I don’t think she realized I’m as disabled as I am. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The view of disabled people as separate from all other users runs across the whole cultural sector. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z Conservatives aren’t wrong when they gripe that Hollywood seems creatively disabled when it comes to delivering a fictional Republican president to whom viewers can relate. TV presidents can do anything, except declare themselves as good Republicans 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Susan Temple, 62, a disabled transgender woman in Compass transitional housing who became homeless due to a nonstop, “physically damaging career” in the carnival, circus and music industries, signed on as a participant. Seattle Symphony brings homelessness inside the concert hall 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z This forms part of a national campaign to get bigger, better-equipped disabled toilets in public places. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z The bigger the disfigurement, the more cash earned; so those born disabled – particularly the children born with tiny, mouse-like heads – would become even more vulnerable to this frightening slavery. Mice, Mullahs and the Begging Mafia; All Songs Considered – radio review 2013-06-07T06:00:08Z There are not enough disabled writers in the writers' room or as producers or directors. From "Only Murders" to "Sex Lives," disability onscreen is improving but "still not enough" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z In a video interview from Los Angeles, where “Generation Q” is filmed, Mercado discussed queer dating and the importance of telling joyful stories about disabled people. Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z I was the only blind person, the only disabled person, the only person to bring a companion, so it was understandable that people would ask, “How did you two meet?” After Losing My Sight, Struggling to Be Seen 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z In her acceptance speech for the Golden Globes Cecil B DeMille lifetime achievement award, Streep said she was “stunned” when Trump appeared to mock a disabled reporter, Serge F Kovaleski, at a press conference. Donald Trump calls Meryl Streep 'over-rated' after Golden Globes speech 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z They also saw how a profoundly disabled person could structure the practical parts of his life using technology and with the help of personal assistants. Alan Martin obituary 2013-02-08T17:15:37Z As such, it the ticket sellers who provide information to buyers on the ticket location and whether it offers disabled access. 'Shambolic' ticketing systems spoiling live gigs for disabled people 2013-06-26T10:00:48Z The company said it was the first time it had cast a disabled actor to play the character, who describes himself in the opening scene as “deformed.” Who Can Play the King? Representation Questions Fuel Casting Debates. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z I’ve always loved working, and now I want to get more involved with helping other people who are disabled. Experience: I was hit by a car doing 101mph 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Streep stated that those who are disabled lack the “power and the capacity to fight back,” a sentence that truly stunned me. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Women who are disabled are 40% more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence than women who are not disabled, as reported by the American Psychological Association. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z “Conversation Hearts” recounts a day in the life of a mostly “normal” American family with two young children, one of whom is physically disabled. Review | John Crowley continues an uncharacteristically prolific period with the singular ‘And Go Like This’ 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z “Who cares to listen to actual disabled people on their lived experience?” she said. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z This smacks of "CODA" vibes, when the plot twist is at the expense of disabled people and for the benefit of a non-disabled audience – and it didn't sit well with fans. Should "Top Chef" contestant have disclosed that he had COVID and lost his sense of taste? 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z “Being Human,” which opened on Thursday, is claimed by some disabled advocates and researchers as the most accessible museum space ever opened in Britain. Is This the World’s Most Accessible Museum? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Parmelee was put on the 15-day disabled list Friday, a day after he strained his right hamstring stretching for a throw. Parmelee becomes 4th Yankees first baseman on disabled list 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z As of 2012, according to Statistics Canada, over 8 million Canadians provided care to a chronically ill or disabled friend or loved one. Meet Tess: the mental health chatbot that thinks like a therapist 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z He lingered affectionately with members of a choir composed of disabled youngsters. Jos? Antonio Abreu Leads El Sistema in Venezuela 2012-03-01T13:00:00Z The only comparable male character I can think of is the disabled lawyer played by Michael J. Fox. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Good Wife' Watch: Alicia Wriggles Out of One Jame; Will Lands in Another 2011-11-07T06:00:04Z He was recognized for services to people with restricted growth and to disabled sport. Angelina Jolie honored by Queen Elizabeth II 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Dancer and choreographer Caroline Bowditch commented that she often preferred to create work in an intimate setting because it gave audiences permission to look upon the disabled body. Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z Lenny and Louise never recover; he dies of a drug overdose that may or may not be accidental and she channels her heartbreak into all-consuming activism on behalf of disabled children. How Does a Family Change After Losing a Child? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z The state has not done as well for the mentally ill as it has for the developmentally disabled. Generation B: Graying in a Home, Not an Institution 2010-04-16T00:05:00Z The former Vice President nominee said Cohen “had heavily disguised himself as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all.” Sacha Baron Cohen keeps trolling Sarah Palin, invites her to be Golden Globes date 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Members who are disabled or immunocompromised are also welcome to shop during the special operating hours. Costco to cut senior shopping hours to twice a week 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Stacy played a disabled newsstand operator who is persuaded by his brother, a small-time criminal, to kidnap an emotionally disturbed girl for ransom. James Stacy, Actor Who Kept Working After a Disabling Crash, Dies at 79 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z With that in mind, she pivoted to a performance that had unnerved her: Trump’s mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the campaign. Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. 12 Quotes That Perfectly Sum Up Stephen Hawking’s Life Philosophy 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Rod Blagojevich needing finally to face his guilt, and when she wrote about her developmentally disabled sister, Gina, who experienced an unexpected triumph living alone after their mother's death. Tribune's Mary Schmich wins Pulitzer Prize 2012-04-17T04:08:00Z He wants to play more roles, across all kinds of media, including roles not explicitly typed as disabled. Meet Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z All Is Lost — Perhaps Life of Pi without the tiger but with Robert Redford: a man on a solo Pacific voyage wakes to find his 39-foot yacht damaged, and all communication disabled. Cannes 2013: 20 Films for Our 40th Festival 2013-05-15T17:10:56Z In a civil situation, if someone is claiming to be too depressed and disabled to work, then a forensic psychiatrist will be called to evaluate the person. Q&A: The Real Forensic Psychiatrist Behind Side Effects 2013-02-08T15:00:26Z But for women who are disabled, leaving is even more fraught. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z On the outside, my brother does not look disabled. Floods, fires and a very reggae Christmas: how autism touched my family 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Taylor points out that, in the past, colonial subjects were often described as both disabled and animal-like: they were seen as shambling, hunched, and bestial, and, therefore, as “lower” on the chain of being. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Characters with a mix of visible and invisible disabilities have been featured, and there has been a greater effort to have disabled actors be cast authentically. From "Only Murders" to "Sex Lives," disability onscreen is improving but "still not enough" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Many disabled writers are likely not even creating their own shows or writing on them, but serving as consultants, advising abled people on stories written about disabled people but not by them. Is "CODA" the "Green Book" of films about deaf people? 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z He wonders, if some of the most famous hip-hop artists were disabled, would the industry pay them the same props? After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z In Thailand, the king who recently died ordered the government to have attendants stationed in every handicapped bathroom to help the disabled. For the Disabled Traveler, Strategies for a Successful Trip 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Almost all of “Descent” — from the choreography and performance to the design of the lighting, set, sound and custom-made wheelchairs to the film editing and audio description app — is the work of disabled artists. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Price is charged with criminal neglect of a disabled child, child endangerment and animal hoarding. Prosecutors: Raise bail for accused hoarder 2011-09-14T17:06:00Z A scene featuring developmentally disabled and H.I.V.-positive toddlers is followed by footage of Ms. Rosenmeier tearing up in a taxi. | 'A Journey in My Mother?s Footsteps': ?A Journey in My Mother?s Footsteps,? Dina Rosenmeier?s Documentary ? Review 2011-12-02T05:23:03Z He refuses to live his life as a disabled person. Ricky Gervais says new project packed with laughs 2010-06-17T01:02:00Z The Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation, a leading voice in calling for more opportunities for the disabled, said Wednesday the brothers are the recipients of its sixth annual Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion. ‘Green Book’ director Farrelly, brother get disability award 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Others aim to protect the privacy and rights of disabled passengers to travel with emotional-support animals. Delta mauling puts focus on ‘support-animal’ rules 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z But the documentary aims to show that Dassey, who many in the series describe as being learning disabled, was allegedly prompted by investigators and confessed to details fed to him by authorities. 5 Things to Know About Netflix's 'Making a Murderer' 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “To be recognised as disabled, we have to remind people frequently of our needs and limitations,” writes Wendell of women who suffer from chronic, invisible disabilities. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z More from The Daily Dot: “Worst person in the world leaves rude note on disabled woman’s car” R.L. Stine wants you to choose the greatest “Goosebumps” of all time 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z On an individual level, non-disabled people can offer to add a disabled friend to your membership or discount program so that they can utilize otherwise unaffordable services. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z I often wonder, when derogatory terms towards disabled people are thrown around so flippantly, if people mean to be hurtful or if they are simply reacting to something different. A letter to … The man who insulted my brother, who has cerebral palsy 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z More than 40 percent of Americans continue to support President Trump even after his budget proposals call for the reduction or elimination of services for disabled children, poor families, the elderly and the chronically ill. The Punisher skull: Unofficial logo of the white American death cult 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z An offshoot of the inspirational narrative is the redemptive narrative, in which a disabled person either commits suicide or is killed. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Christopher devoted much of his life offscreen to caring for his autistic son, Ned, and to championing for the developmentally disabled and their families. William Christopher, Father Mulcahy on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 84 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z There’s a complicating factor: One of the women is disabled. Crime fiction: welcome returns by Brunetti and Anna Pigeon 2014-04-09T19:30:37Z But a flood of roles and nominations didn’t follow for deaf or other disabled actors. The disabled hope their Oscar moment can become a movement 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z At a time when disabled people were less often seen in public – the Americans With Disabilities Act, which banned discrimination, wouldn’t be passed until 1990 – Paul was visible. The man in the iron lung 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Does the work of disabled artists have to foreground disability? Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z Violence against disabled individuals — it doesn’t get discussed. The Activist Star of ‘Crip Camp’ Looks Back at a Life on the Barricades 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “They are making efforts to try to expand opportunities for disabled students at state competitions.” Paralyzed swimmer fights to compete at meet 2012-05-16T00:37:00Z It's more unusual, virtually unheard of, to have a disabled character simply live. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z “The city needs to stop trying to run disabled vets off the streets,” he said. Putting the Cart Before the Art 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z All humor aside, however, the incident served to reveal an elephant in the cabin and a far more complicated debate about how airlines treat animals, disabled passengers and those who abuse either. The ‘emotional support’ debate is tougher than you think 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And now to these we must add Ari Aster’s Midsommar, which elicited gasps at the screening I attended when the camera panned to Ruben, “the disabled one” as a character describes him. Midsommar's ableism resurrects the dark history of eugenics-inspired horror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Last year, the National Symphony Orchestra invited a Beam “telepresence robot” into a side box, so that a disabled man in California could see, hear and interact with the musicians at a performance. How to act in public spaces in a digital age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Throughout his life – he lived, against all expectations, into his 60s – Robin Cavendish became a pioneer in disabled living. Andy Serkis: ‘King Kong was the epiphany. It was like: you can now do anything’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z I couldn’t find information about hiking as a disabled person, so I spent a lot of time trying to figure it out for myself. Accessible Nature: A Trail Guide for Disabled Hikers 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z In movies like "Water for Elephants," "Simon Birch" and "The Year of Living Dangerously," disabled characters are sacrificed to prove their worth or to help the protagonist reach his goal. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z In doing so, Moorer touches on a question that’s been gaining traction in certain circles: Is it ethical to write about your children, especially if those children are disabled and unable to give consent? A Singer Lends Her Voice to a Conversation About Autism 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z But he adds that the question of who should portray a disabled character depends on the disability, citing Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking as a positive example of a performance from an able-bodied actor. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z In making “Best Foot Forward,” Sundquist was determined to hire disabled people across the production, but finding crew members with disabilities was more challenging than he anticipated. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z When we met, most of them were either sleeping rough on cardboard boxes or in decrepit shelters for the disabled and making ends meet by busking or hawking cigarettes on the city's toxic streets. Staff Benda Bilili: where did it all go so wrong? 2013-02-15T07:30:00Z Instead, she studied linguistics, and used her language skills to help disabled children before turning to business writing, including a stint drafting direct-mail marketing materials. Amy Tan: Still ‘Joy Lucky’ after all these years 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z What’s the biggest challenge for disabled people who want to travel on a budget? Q&A with Matt Getze, Wheelchair Adventurer 2010-05-05T03:00:00Z This initial face-off establishes that despite the film’s light, sardonic tone, the discussions that it includes about its disabled characters are blunt and often cruel. ‘Wildflower’ Review: The Parents Are All Right 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z A world without technology, as "Station Eleven" weirdly is, without even solar panels, except for the Severn City Airport, would be a world without many disabled people. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z He stayed away from watching earlier films about disabled characters like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and The Sea Inside. Oscar-worthy: Actor John Hawkes Searches for Love in The Sessions 2012-10-17T12:00:39Z “I hope it will make people more empathetic to our experiences and for disabled people to understand that talking about our difficulties can really help us not be afraid of who we are.” 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But more than that it addresses popular culture’s wider assumptions of what it is to be disabled. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Dancers from the Chinese disabled people's performing art troupe during their show My Dream in Sofia, Bulgaria. Eyewitness: Show of hands 2010-10-02T13:36:00Z “They actually wanted me to present as myself. But luckily my wife put on the Ali G beard in the disabled toilets, and we managed to get away with it.” Sacha Baron Cohen Defied 'Oscars' Producers to Present as Ali G 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z In another interview with MovieMaker.com, he said that Leto showed up to set acting like "a fully disabled person," and that it would sometimes slow down filming. Jared Leto's "Morbius" disabled method acting 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Last year I was able to persuade her to attend a meeting with our financial adviser so she knew where our investments are in case I become disabled. Perspective | Ask Amy: Wife wants to spend down retirement nest egg 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Her older brother was mentally disabled, and her parents were always working. Carol Schwartz survived tragedy and five losing races for D.C. mayor. Her new memoir is suitably epic. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Then he saw his own grave and understood that Christmas was real, so he finally spent some of his money and bought a giant turkey for a disabled child. The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient? 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z The elder Ely, 81, described in the sheriff’s account as disabled, was also found at the home and taken to an area hospital for evaluation. TV 'Tarzan' star's wife slain by son, who is shot dead by police 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z When Arthur Hughes, an actor with radial dysplasia, took the role at the Royal Shakespeare Company this summer, he was thought to be the first disabled person ever to do so at that theater. Review: Danai Gurira Makes a Sleek Supervillain of Richard III 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “Part of what needs to change for disabled actors to be able to play these roles is some really fundamental changes in how we think about ability.” Analysis | How Scarlett Johansson and Dwayne Johnson represent Hollywood’s uneven strides toward inclusivity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z I’d scraped up a day job doing yard work, and then at night I’d walk the few blocks to where I’d found a second job as a night attendant for a disabled man. How one father learned to care 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Tina said winning alongside her daughter and watched by her husband Scott, 49, a disabled army veteran, made it even more special. Mother and daughter crowned beauty queens at same pageant 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z It's unclear why the decision was made to make a major character of "Station Eleven" less disabled. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z They called for an overhaul of its safeguarding systems and a halt to benefit sanctions against disabled claimants. Disabled man starved to death after DWP stopped his benefits 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But I knew that I didn’t have a grasp of why some disabled groups so strongly opposed aid in dying. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z At its end, Ruth’s father and brother were dragged to Buchenwald, the family home left ransacked, and her disabled uncle thrown down the stairs in his wheelchair. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Ghahremani is the only disabled trainer at the national chain Pure Gym. Fat people can be fit too: meet the personal trainers who challenge every stereotype 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z And the disabled community doesn’t speak as one voice. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Ms. King, for example, writes about a younger, mentally disabled brother who was institutionalized and an abusive third marriage in which she became a battered wife. Pop: Gregg Allman and Other Pop Memoirists 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z Don’t tell me there are no disabled actors with talent. Is it ever OK for non-disabled actors to play disabled roles? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z O'Reilly realised that the western theatrical canon is full of disabled characters and so created a play to be performed by differently abled actors. This week's new theatre 2011-04-01T23:06:02Z In another, “Self-Portrait Marching with Chickens,” she is walking in a field; the chickens around her, weighed down by their disproportionately large upper bodies, are disabled, too. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The Trailblazers are determined to work with cinemas to encourage a more progressive attitude to disabled customers. Why do disabled cinemagoers get the worst seats in the house? 2011-08-25T08:35:06Z To be human is to be disabled, in Mr. McPherson’s view. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z “Of course!” chimes in Michael Kellett, a deeply tanned, 60-year-old disabled Army veteran, who nearly had to shout to be heard over the classic rock blaring from the protest tent a few steps away. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Even after he was disabled, Mayfield summoned the strength to record one final CD, “New World Order,” released in 1996, which contained the last of his great songs, “Here but I’m Gone.” Recalling Curtis Mayfield, Soul’s ‘Genius of Gentleness’ 2012-07-19T21:57:14Z It is concerned by the lack of progress in the employment of disabled staff. BBC Annual Report 2013-14: At a glance 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Before then, Hughes said, he felt his appearance “was going to hold me back,” but after being surrounded by other disabled actors, he felt empowered. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z During show broadcast on Sunday, Clarkson and May were shown pulling into a car park and using parking spaces labelled for disabled users. Top Gear sorry for disabled parking row 2011-08-02T12:16:49Z Woolf’s own cruelties and limitations are also discussed in some detail, particularly her impatience with her mentally disabled half sister, Laura Stephen, her father’s daughter from his first marriage. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In a couple of cases, the men I met were married to women who had become disabled and could no longer be sexual, but the husbands remained devoted to them. What Sleeping With Married Men Taught Me About Infidelity 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “Italian people and the disabled really don’t get along.” The Apprentice: who said what? 2013-05-07T14:52:16Z Really, the desire to see disabled actors presented at all in a revisionist tale of Old Hollywood could have done a lot towards acknowledging how marginalized disability narratives are. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z What are the responsibilities of the disabled artist and what are those of the able-bodied audience who often respond to the work like social workers? Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z That was the conclusion of a new study released Wednesday by Nielsen and the nonprofit organization RespectAbility, which analyzed the representation of disabled characters on film and TV shows released from 1920 to 2020. Study Shows More Disability Stories Onscreen, but Few Disabled Actors 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z A body, perhaps especially a disabled one, has good days and bad days. In "The Mandalorian," I can finally find a portrait of youthful disability and acceptance 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Despite all the advances made in accessibility and civil rights, disabled people still find themselves ostracised, patronised and feared. In Water I'm Weightless – review 2012-08-02T17:00:01Z But his family claimed that Scott, who had become disabled after a brain injury, was holding a book at the time of his death. The new “American Idiot”: Why Drive-By Truckers’ “American Band” is essential listening in the Trump era 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Finally, we also need books by authors who are disabled themselves. Alexandra Strick and Sean Stockdale's top 10 inclusive children's books 2013-07-19T15:20:03Z I’m ignorant and uninformed of all the beauty that a disabled life has to offer. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Contracts with the government assured employers that their labor force would be replenished anytime a worker got sick, was disabled, died or simply became too worn out to continue. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z The more developmentally disabled kids don’t attend programs. Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? 2013-04-30T20:50:00Z Meryl Streep’s searing critique of Donald Trump’s imitation and treatment of the disabled New York Times journalist Serge Kovaleski was a sobering moment which brought a stunned silence to the usually boisterous Globes. Golden Globes 2017: La La Land wins record seven awards as Moonlight takes best drama 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z "Comedy owes a debt to disabled performers," he says. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z It turns out, according to a publishing executive quoted by Kelley, the man was "mentally challenged and severely disabled." Does Kitty Kelley Have the Goods on Oprah? 2010-04-16T08:50:00Z Jeffrey Sweet’s contribution, “A Little Family Time,” about a famous man who hasn’t bothered to tell his fiancée about his disabled son, makes its point nicely too. Theater Review: ‘More of Our Parts,’ Six Short Plays at Clurman Theater 2012-06-26T21:08:24Z Jonathan Wright A sensitive documentary about the sex lives of four disabled people. TV highlights – 09/05/2013 2013-05-09T05:59:01Z One of the surprises of becoming disabled as an adult is that extreme incapacity is quickly followed by extreme overscheduling. Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Hughes’s casting comes as the frequency of disabled actors earning major roles appears to be growing in British theater. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The National Theater, for instance, has experimented with aspirational quotas for women and people of color, but not for disabled people. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The book opens in a dreary Rochester, N.Y., neighborhood, when a lumbering, intellectually disabled woman in a “dime-store wig, perched awry” calls the police about a child lying on the floor of her pantry. Should More Defendants Be Claiming Insanity? 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Each is hampered in some way by the bizarre ideology that twists the Leeke family out of true: wheelchair-using mum Pauline is only the most obviously disabled. The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth – review 2013-01-18T08:30:01Z It's important that somebody speaks up about the cost. £10m when you are cutting disabled people's benefits? Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z One reason for the trip, in fact, is to test some cutting-edge camping gear for the disabled. Crime fiction: welcome returns by Brunetti and Anna Pigeon 2014-04-09T19:30:37Z Comparisons with Buena Vista Social Club are justified but this down-to-earth doc on disabled Congolese street musicians seeking the big time warms the spirit without cheating. This week's new films 2011-03-19T00:05:59Z Archie feels threatened because Gloria has been followed home from a supermarket by a package carrier, a kid who may be mentally disabled or something. Norman Lear sits down with Salon: “Trump is the middle finger of the American right hand” 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The letter, which was also backed by about 80 other pastors and faith leaders, Pulliam wrote, “decried Trump’s comments on women, Muslims, immigrants, refugees and the disabled.” Jesus wept: How can you call yourself a Christian if you voted for Donald Trump? 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z “Having single-occupancy bathrooms be available to everyone helps not only transgender people, but also parents with small children, or people providing medical assistance to an elderly parent or someone who is disabled,” Adams said. ‘Bathroom panic’ doesn’t help anyone — male, female or transgender 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z But my partner is disabled as well, and there is never any pressure. The magic number: how many people have you slept with? 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z She even chose a disabled woman of colour, Keah Brown, to interview her for the magazine. Captain Marvel: why sexist attempts at sabotage will fail 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Two years on, he remains chronically disabled in a neurological rehabilitation centre in Wiltshire. Cardiacs tribute album to raise money for paralysed singer Tim Smith 2011-02-03T21:59:01Z My dream is that people with disabilities will be cast without a second thought, not because they are disabled, but because they are great actors. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z In Martin McDonagh’s barbed comedy, Radcliffe plays disabled orphan Billy in 1930s Ireland who harbors an unlikely dream of Hollywood stardom. Irish actress Sarah Greene plays a mean bully 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z The focus stays tight on the working-class Vincolo family as they negotiate life with an intellectually disabled daughter in a Chicago suburb: Bernie, now in her 20s and still playing in a sandbox. Review: ‘Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon’ Is Old-School Drama 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Entry into the Institute brought with it the realization that, despite the improvements in my personal physical condition, I was nevertheless a severely disabled individual and thus one of a group who were labeled handicapped. I chose to have my legs amputated 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z It suddenly became glaringly odd that there were virtually no disabled musicians in any of the orchestras or groups I played with anywhere in the world. One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z For a while this led me to feel more bonded with a disabled woman and fellow advocate than with my wife. How 30 Blocks Became 30 Years 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z After surviving Dunkirk, her father was registered as disabled and they lived in a council house with a large garden where her parents grew vegetables. Bonnie Tyler 'not part of 1980s' 2013-05-13T18:00:00Z Even Steve's role on my show, playing my disabled best friend, he's still just the best friend. Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z "The law in England and Wales remains unchanged, with the Court recognizing that it exists to protect vulnerable, elderly and disabled people," said spokesman Andrew Ferguson. Britons lose right-to-die case but campaigners see progress 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z These people deserve to be seen and heard not because they are disabled, but because of their talent. One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z Some classes were open to the public, while others matched local dance groups with regional organizations for the disabled. A choreographer works to bring dance to the disabled 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “I was disappointed to see ‘The Upside’ come out, because we, as disability advocates, have been fighting against non-disabled actors playing visibly disabled character for decades now,” Zayid said. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z "Digital technology opens up a new world of cultural and artistic possibilities for disabled people," says Alison Smith, founder of the Pesky People blog on digital access for the disabled. Do we need buildings for digital art? 2013-07-19T09:29:51Z "Helen Keller: A Daring Adventure" is a comprehensive look at a woman who helped bring meaningful change for the disabled. NYC exhibit tells story of activist Helen Keller 2010-04-13T11:46:00Z Consider offering to fill a disabled friend or neighbor's grocery list every time you head to a local market. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z From May 31 to July 4, Budweiser will donate $1 from every case sold to Folds of Honor, a nonprofit that provides scholarships to "spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled service-members." Budweiser launches 'Summer Patriotic Cans' ahead of Memorial Day 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Did he ever consider casting a disabled actor for the lead? Andy Serkis: ‘King Kong was the epiphany. It was like: you can now do anything’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z She supports her disabled husband, a fact Obus said he took into account when deciding her sentence. Ex-gallery boss gets jail in NYC art fraud 2011-07-20T11:37:09Z From freelance writers to book authors, from artists to disabled folk, not everyone has the luxury to leave Twitter, even if they want to. Not everyone has the luxury to leave Twitter 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “I wanted to open up the conversation from ‘Why isn’t Richard being played by a disabled actor?’ to ‘Why isn’t every role considered able to be played by a disabled actor?’ Who Can Play the King? Representation Questions Fuel Casting Debates. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z But after hearing their postelection fears about President-elect Donald J. Trump, who had threatened or insulted immigrants, Muslims, Mexicans, African-Americans, women and the disabled, Professor Katari recast the Sunday afternoon class as a bolstering interlude. Yoga? Weaving? Vigils? The Search for Postelection Calm 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z We’ve seen progress — approaching disabled actors first to fulfill roles is becoming more the norm rather than the exception. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z On a warm night in July 1986, the writer Andre Dubus pulled over on a stretch of Massachusetts highway to help a young couple, a brother and sister, in a disabled car. Books of The Times: With No Father Around, a Youth and His Fists Fend for Themselves 2011-02-22T18:14:55Z The groom is a disabled Army veteran who last served with a special forces unit in the Southern Philippines in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks. An Author and Investigator Find Comfort in Each Other 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The Disability Futures initiative, a fellowship established by the Ford and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations last fall to support disabled artists, is expanding. Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z It was also announced yesterdayon Tuesday that £400,000 is to be given to 10 disabled arts commissions for the Cultural Olympiad. 2012 Olympic festival to be at centre of cultural celebration around games 2010-03-17T17:34:00Z “When there’s a shortage of parts for people with disabilities,” he said, “it’s really important we have disabled people play disabled parts.” Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z The airline also said male staff were on the flight and they assisted with the disabled passenger. Flight attendant accuses passenger of sexual harassment after he demands she wipe him 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z That classic tear-jerker has taught generations of seventh-graders that the only thing worse than being intellectually disabled is getting smarter and then becoming intellectually disabled again. Review | Fresh off a Pulitzer win for ‘The Overstory,’ Richard Powers delivers another environmental ode 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z In a recent Zoom interview, Allen, 22, discussed playing Chloe, a home-schooled teenager with an overprotective single mother, and how the movie upends typical narratives about disabled people. Kiera Allen of ‘Run’ on Upending Disability Stereotypes 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Neighbors of the families with sick children call for quarantines; a local hot dog joint is shunned; and a mentally disabled man named Horace is accused of being a carrier. Books of The Times: When Polio Disrupted the Playground 2010-10-04T17:16:00Z At first, the brothers wanted to cast a disabled actor. Good Time directors the Safdie brothers: ‘Robert Pattinson was just a guy chasing work’ 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Eissa lost the use of his legs in an accident as a toddler and says the war means the number of disabled people is growing. Hitchhiking with a wheelchair in war-torn Yemen 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Black and disabled children are the most likely to be referred to or arrested by police, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The prospect of more police at schools is no comfort for Black parents 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z One, Doodle, born sickly and disabled, is forcibly taught to walk, swim and climb by his brother, the narrator. ‘The Scarlet Ibis’ Blends Opera With Puppetry 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z But Barr is sensitive to the bravery and emotional strength that the disabled can summon and, as always, she writes beautifully about the wild places she so clearly loves. Crime fiction: welcome returns by Brunetti and Anna Pigeon 2014-04-09T19:30:37Z His book ends in 2015, when Mitchell had a brain aneurysm that left her disabled but not defeated. The many layers — and lovers — of Joni Mitchell 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z If, like my family and many other disabled people, you can't use public transport, this is your only option. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z Thinking about asylum seekers sleeping in what she called “cushy” quarters while “real Australians” with “real problems” like the disabled she cared for lived in what she considered substandard government housing, disturbed her. In Australia, Reality TV Tackles Immigration 2011-06-21T17:18:17Z Women, people of color, LGBTQ+ and disabled persons continue to be cast aside. It takes more than one superhero 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z Annabel Lyon’s prizewinning novel “Consent” follows, in part, a woman disturbed to learn that her intellectually disabled sister wants to marry — is she capable of consent? Yes, No, Maybe So: A Generation of Thinkers Grapples With Notions of Consent 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z She talked about one child of a disabled veteran who keeps track of her father’s medications and doctor appointments, and another who learned how to help his father through severe seizures. Jill Biden is helping military spouses get jobs. It’s personal. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Boo won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2000 for a Washington Post investigation into the wrongful deaths of disabled people being hidden from the public. AP editor, Times columnist among new Pulitzer Board chairs 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The murder of the Roma and disabled is sidelined: Cesarani is too good a historian to omit this from his narrative, but these victims remain voiceless, with no witness testimony cited. Two New Books Look at the Holocaust in Civic and Military Terms 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Many argue, quite validly, that legalizing euthanasia would place undue pressure on elderly, disabled and terminally ill people, especially when there’s poverty, to end their lives before they burden their families. How to argue with your relatives about abortion: A few arguments that don’t work with pro-lifers and some that might 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Six British museums and theaters said in emails they intended to maintain provisions for disabled audiences, and not cut back. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z The difficulties of teaching autistic children 2 Sep 2008 New teachers 'ill-prepared' to teach disabled pupils Teachers TV: Every Child Matters - Tom's Team 6 Oct 2008: What happens when children's services don't communicate? My iPhone has revolutionised my reading 2010-04-06T18:30:00Z The Deaf and disabled community is used to our stories being told about us without us, usually badly. How one young actor is using American Sign Language in animation 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z But the difference between the self-deprecating humor that many disabled people utilize and the humor of ‘Meltdown Bingo’ is a question of perspective and nuance,” she said in the letter. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.” 12 Quotes That Perfectly Sum Up Stephen Hawking’s Life Philosophy 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z There’s also Tour Watch, run by Scott Rains; it’s a networking site to discuss disabled travel. Q&A with Matt Getze, Wheelchair Adventurer 2010-05-05T03:00:00Z Everyone on stage seems emotionally disabled by their past. Waiting for Orestes: Electra – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T11:52:13Z And their definition of disabled is very broad. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Our moms still run us, no matter how disabled or how far away they are. ‘X-Files’ Writers Recall the Show’s Most Disturbing Episode 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Many disabled people navigate both decreased income and heightened medical expenses. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Unlike some, I see the word “disabled” as an accurate descriptor: I am unable to reach tall shelves, unable to carry heavy things, unable to catch buses with stairs. Three Billboards' portrayal of dwarfism is reductive and ableist, and I would know | Eva Squire 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He's trying to ghostwrite a biography, much as the writers of "Station Eleven" are trying to touch upon — but not get too close to, that might be uncomfortable — the story of a disabled person. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z So, disabled people have virtually no influence in cinema and the enduring myths that are being created about them are by able-bodied film-makers. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z In an interview with Salon, conducted over email, Caverly wrote: "Sadly, there are one too many creators who write disabled characters as two-dimensional: fixating on their disability without room for growth." “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Set in New Orleans, the characters include people who are transgender, nonbinary and disabled, played by out, mostly unknown actors of many colors. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z But when Buddha’s veterinarian treated other disabled animals, she would suggest that the owners contact Ed. An elderly dog puts wheels in motion for family business 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The Dragon TV program is drawing attention to the hopes and challenges of the disabled and otherwise disadvantaged in China. Chinese man with no arms plays piano with toes 2010-08-27T12:19:00Z “The author is coming out from behind the curtain to make visible the experience of being disabled in America.” Nancy Mairs, Who Wrote About Her Mental Illness and Multiple Sclerosis, Dies at 73 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z At the heart of Palin’s accusation is the detail that the performer disguised himself as a disabled veteran, “fake wheelchair and all.” The big Sacha Baron Cohen question: Can a harmless prankster become a weaponized troll? 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Rosenthal is more concerned with the people on the other end of that equation — her disabled stars and potential disabled viewers. ‘Push Girls’ on Sundance Looks at Disabled Women 2012-06-01T16:00:00Z The company also dropped its previous objections to a request to offer a free phone battery to disabled and low-income customers. Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger may hinge on Internet service expansion 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z You also may have sent your daughter the unintended message that the needs of the disabled are less important than your convenience. I Stopped Drinking. Why Should That Affect My Social Life? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z I now work helping disabled homeless people find housing. From grad school to social work 2013-02-11T01:00:00Z “It’s not a question of money,” said Marco Fornes, who looks after the disabled at a public institution and went for three months without pay last year. Spain props up soccer amid crushing austerity 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Before they met, Will had – spoilers ahead – decided he wanted to die rather than live as a disabled man. Me Before You director defends film against disability campaigners 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Charles notes, approvingly, that Rowling's profits from the book will be donated to Harvard financial aid and to Lumos, the author's charity benefiting poor and disabled children who live in institutions and orphanages. J.K. Rowling: new book, charity launch, Harry Potter rumors 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, a patent attorney becomes profoundly disabled and seeks solace in novels, even while he muses on the limitations of the form. The Heroes of This Novel Are Centuries Old and 300 Feet Tall 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z More important, how could I get the nonbelievers in Hollywood to understand the talent of Deaf and disabled actors? After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z That’s why many are calling to ban blanks as well, and use disabled or replica guns. Let computers do it: Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z My improved core strength has helped my running and ability to carry my disabled child when needed. How to stay fit for ever: 25 tips to keep moving when life gets in the way 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Many disabled people are legally paid cents on the dollar, those who get hired at all. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The groom is also an events volunteer for Wheeling Forward, an New York organization that provides access, education and financial support for disabled people. Vita Emery, Matthew Beaton 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z I hadn't anticipated that a dedicated study of zero waste living would heighten the difficulties of eating sustainably while disabled. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Three disabled dogs are joining America's annual Puppy Bowl this year, bringing a special kind of ruffness to the celebration intended as an antidote to the nation's Super Bowl football extravaganza. Disabled pups get ruff for TV's annual Puppy Bowl 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Despite being so poorly, Charlotte put my recovery and that of her parents, who are now disabled, before her own. ‘He collapsed at the roadside. I thought he was dead’: couples on surviving trauma 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The one narrative journey that historically allowed the disabled to play a central role depicted them as working toward the symbolic reclamation of their dignity and humanity. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Its matter-of-fact approach to disability, including in some deeply moving exchanges between Vic and a profoundly disabled older man, is a tonic. The Sundance Film Festival Comes Through (Again!) 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Women make up the majority of the elderly and disabled, two groups that will tend to need more time in the toilet. The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Now, not to criticize "Sex Education" entirely, considering that only a few years ago it was commonplace to see disabled characters portrayed by non-disabled actors. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “It will be a real revolution,” Mr. D’Ambrosi said, referring to the program as “a university for the mentally disabled.” Unusual Drama School in Rome Is Set to Expand 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Visiting my parents is very stressful for me and hell for my wife; she is disabled and getting her on a plane is a huge production. Parents are willing to pay for a ticket so he can fly over his boundaries 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Yet the challenges for disabled actors and the representation of a disability experience in film are not isolated to casting. Is it ever OK for non-disabled actors to play disabled roles? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Although both the Civic Federation and Access Living, an advocacy group for the disabled, said they support the property tax increase, they both stressed that the system's long-term fiscal situation is unsustainable. City school tax hike greeted with frustration 2011-08-13T02:09:00Z The “purple pound” – the spending power of disabled people – is thought to be worth about £249bn to the UK economy alone. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z After a storm, school football coach told players to ‘find an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel their driveway’ A message in a bottle that traveled 3,200 miles helped heal a Maryland boy’s grief 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Oxford authors' calls to exempt libraries from cuts is a call to heap more cuts on care of the elderly, learning disabled and those with mental health problems. Letters: Can philanthropy again come to the help of public libraries? 2011-01-31T00:05:06Z And if Robbie isn't exempt from the grueling and harsh beauty standards and criticisms that plague our beauty and entertainment industry – none of us working class, nonwhite, fat, disabled, gay and imperfect people are too. Why Margot Robbie is being criticized for her "mid" looks, despite embodying perfect Barbie doll 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Staffers “noted children they considered to be disabled or genetically tainted,” Sheffer writes, recording cases of “hereditary feeblemindedness.” Once Viewed as a Savior of Children, Hans Asperger Is Now Called a Nazi Collaborator 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In Georgia in 2009, a mentally disabled inmate asked for half a pecan pie. Julie Green, Artist Who Memorialized Inmates’ Last Suppers, Dies at 60 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z It’s an ongoing issue: How do you make a disabled person not a secondary citizen within their own environment? The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Likewise, his report on a romantic encounter in disabled loo is funny, but because Coogan is delivering a fine script with precision, rather than because it involves Alan. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – first look review 2013-07-24T14:26:31Z For consumers, abandoning cash is often about convenience, though some are worried the poor, elderly and disabled can lack access to technology and credit, or just prefer notes and coins. Nordic countries point the way to cashless societies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z “The message being sent out to disabled kids is you do not belong in this world,” Zayid said. Entertainers discuss disability representation in Hollywood 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z One character in “The Farm,” Ate, tirelessly works as a cook, a maid, and a baby nurse to support her disabled adult son in the Philippines, whom she hasn’t seen for more than twenty years. Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “I wanted to create content that would answer that question and eventually dispel stereotypes about how disabled people live their lives,” she said. Lauren Spencer Is a Sex-Positive Disability Influencer 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z They were far more concerned with getting high than raising a child, and when Paul’s younger brother was born, disabled and helplessly dependent, they devoted all their attention to him. Review: Facing Marriage and Befriending a Squirrel in ‘The Portable Veblen’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z "As you can see, I'm currently on the disabled list." George H. W. Bush's Sporting Life 2010-03-25T21:40:00Z The disabled, says Lipscomb, "were much more part of the fabric of society". All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z At first glance, Be My Eyes is a chance for anyone to help the blind or visually disabled people, but perhaps a better description for this experience is charitable reciprocation. I tried Be My Eyes, the popular app that pairs blind people with helpers 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Eight years ago, Google disabled its A.I. program’s ability to let people search for gorillas and monkeys through its Photos app because the algorithm was incorrectly sorting Black people into those categories. Black Artists Say A.I. Shows Bias, With Algorithms Erasing Their History 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z You know, if someone is up for having a severely disabled child, and she’s able to cope with it, that’s great. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z A disabled man who can’t get his benefits is applauded by onlookers as he spray-paints a job centre in Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake. Sex, ghosts money and sainthood – now playing at Cannes 2016 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z A rescue in Ohio recently shared a story about a disabled puppy who was supposed to meet with someone interested in adopting him. Dog with birth defect gets stood up by family looking to adopt 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z They are chosen by peer advisers who are themselves disabled artists. Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z When I first learned there was a deaf character on "Only Murders in the Building," I felt apprehensive, as other deaf or disabled viewers may have as well: here we go again. “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z When your employer announces in federal court documents that you have a one in three chance of being neurologically disabled in the course of doing your job, the smart money is on retiring. Football, brain injuries and right-wing denial: The paranoid he-man propaganda that insists the game is safer than ever 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Every day, I watch able-bodied men and women sit in the seats designated for seniors and disabled people. Salon’s social bootcamp: A guide for subway crusaders and ignoring co-workers on the bus 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z His younger brother, Kevin, is autistic and severely mentally disabled, and for a large part of his childhood, he helped care for Kevin. The Post’s 2016 Principal of the Year: ‘A teacher first, and a principal second’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z And this one, she said, suggests that “the standard human” — one who may be interested in using fashion and style as a form of self-expression — is not automatically recognized as possibly being a disabled human. Why Is Facebook Rejecting These Fashion Ads? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Hi, Carolyn: I'm 30 and live at home with my disabled mother and grandmother, and my younger sister and her two sons moved in with us last year. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Sister’s (and everyone else’s) keeper deserves solo time 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Her speech, as well as a poll on the matter, echoed the sentiment that liberal Americans believe mocking a disabled man to be one of Trump’s most reprehensible offenses to date. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The project is part of efforts to shine a light on Britain's diverse heritage and the contributions of LGBTQ, black, disabled, ethnic and other minority groups, Historic England said. Oscar Wilde's home gets special status in UK tribute to top gay figures 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z His agent had a suggestion: write a sitcom, vaguely based on his own life, about a man who trades the use of his disabled parking badge for erotic favours. Ben Lewin on The Sessions: 'You can reach women without brute force' 2013-01-03T19:00:00Z Teachers handling mainstreamed classes require support to balance the needs of their disabled and nondisabled students, making sure that every student is provided with the educational material and assistance he or she needs. Disabled — and handcuffed at school 2012-05-23T15:05:00Z If “disabled” remains the standard term, some artists and activists resist its connotation of impairment. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z That, she said, is still the only way for a disabled dancer to get training. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “Wildflower” is a nervy sit, a movie that eventually makes its way toward acceptance, but only after putting its disabled characters through the trial of dehumanizing questions. ‘Wildflower’ Review: The Parents Are All Right 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Isolation and loneliness can be a common part of a disabled person's experience, especially with the communication barriers that often arise when trying to interact with an often-resistant, ableist world. “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Instead, I became very interested in the fact that Richard is a severely disabled man. Richard III: Shakespearean actors rake over the remains 2013-02-04T19:00:02Z Saturday had activated his emergency lights and was on the way to the disabled vehicle when the Tesla hit the cruiser's left side and then collided with the other vehicle, highway patrol spokeswoman Lt. Tesla on Autopilot crashes into parked police car in Orlando 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z So eight disabled artists are putting on their own rival textiles exhibition. Protest over Grayson Perry venue 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Where disabled access applies to a ticket, it is clearly displayed as a note to the buyer. 'Shambolic' ticketing systems spoiling live gigs for disabled people 2013-06-26T10:00:48Z Sanger, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, stays firmly grounded in real events, including communication systems getting hacked and servers being disabled. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z She’s ambulatory, but walks with an unusual gait and is cognitively disabled. Social Q?s: Till Death Does She Part 2010-08-26T23:19:00Z But some advocates and actors with disabilities, such as Maysoon Zayid, an actress with cerebral palsy, have taken issue with this casting: They say only disabled actors should get these roles. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The marchers, most of whom were disabled, brought along a generator to recharge their wheelchairs at night. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z How does she account for people like me who don’t want to exist in some mentally or physically disabled state? I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Maribel’s sex scene with Micah is one of few TV sex scenes involving a physically disabled person; what felt important to keep in mind as that scene was developed? Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Not all historians agree; many assume that the wordplay and truth-telling to power for which jesters were famed is beyond the capacity of the learning disabled. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z That lasted for about 15 minutes, during which we meet the newly widowed Edie, an abrasive octogenarian, and learn exactly how much she had loathed the disabled husband she had spent 30 years caring for. ‘Edie’ Review: Peak Sentimentality 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Wyler's portrait of mentally and physically disabled veterans in "The Best Years of Our Lives" won seven Oscars in 1947. 'Five Came Back' and changed Hollywood's depiction of war 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Severely disabled man seeks first–time sexual experience. This week's new films 2013-01-19T06:00:09Z An illness had left Olson disabled, and she lived with her brother Alvaro, a subsistence farmer, who supported both of them. The Pilgrims Who Visit the House in Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z She founded the company, which provides care for the elderly and disabled throughout Connecticut, in 2014, after working as a financial administrator in the oncology department at Norwalk Hospital. A Love Worth the Phone Bill 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z HolLynn D’Lil, a journalist who became a paraplegic after a road accident, says that her change in perspective taught her that disabled rights were rights for everyone. ‘Crip Camp’ Review: After Those Summers, Nothing Was the Same 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Fewer than one in five disabled people in Hungary was employed based on statistics from 2011, the latest available data, sharply below the national average for the healthy workforce. Full plates fight prejudice in Hungary restaurant 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z I was certain that I didn’t need to be disabled to support the rights of the disabled. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z In the Seattle author's latest novel, a woman must return to the hometown she fled 10 years earlier and deal with her disabled pregnant sister and her troubled relationship with her mother. NW Books: recipes and stories from Seattle's Skillet chef 2012-08-20T21:20:05Z Growing up with muscular dystrophy, she rarely saw physically disabled actors on TV at all. Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Awards organisations have tended to be kind to movies featuring able-bodied actors playing disabled characters. John Hawkes: 'To be a good actor, I need to be invisible' 2013-01-13T00:05:09Z The New York Times detailed systematic abuse taking place in homes for disabled persons in a 2011 series. Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? 2013-04-30T20:50:00Z In 1932 director Tod Browning released the horror film "Freaks," a movie that still boasts the largest cast of disabled performers in an American film. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z The workshop was part of the inaugural Inclusive Dance Lab, a week of free events designed for both disabled and able-bodied performers. A choreographer works to bring dance to the disabled 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z When Tate Modern opened 10 years ago, the disabled community cheered. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z Demeaning language about disabled people aside, two things can be true here at once. Soon-Yi Previn and Woody Allen’s strange charm offensive: An enigma wrapped in scandal 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Every one of us will be disabled at some point in our lives, Not Dead Yet points out. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Although it is typically mothers who do the heavy lifting in families with disabled children, in “Shtum,” it is Ben, a perennially underemployed alcoholic, who is the devoted and central parent. In ‘Shtum,’ parents wreck their home to find a better one for their autistic son 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z It can have far-reaching implications for disabled passengers, who rely on their equipment to function. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The Young Vic intends to guarantee some of those tickets for disabled people, a spokeswoman said in an email. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z And she worked for women’s rights as well as for minorities and the disabled. A new stop for Harriet Tubman along the Underground Railroad 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z An unemployed mother who shares the van with her husband and disabled parents, Mix said she's already struggling with the expenses of keeping an automobile in the city. Sticker situation to reclassify cars at higher fee 2011-10-14T02:31:00Z It provided 20 disabled artists, filmmakers and journalists, selected from across the United States, with unrestricted $50,000 grants administered by the arts funding group United States Artists. Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Joey White, 64, is mentally disabled, his sister said. A disabled man was stuck in a Buffalo snowbank. A stranger heard his cry and saved him. 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z But whereas it would now be unthinkable for a white actor to black up to play Othello, it seems that most of us don't even blink when able-bodied actors play disabled roles. Is it OK for an able-bodied actor to play disabled? 2013-06-20T15:59:59Z Twitter users wrote about the possible troubles a user might face with the weight-sensitive floors, as well as how the movement sensors would impact the disabled. Welsh town's anti-sex toilets will spray users with water 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “Death is the least of people’s worries when they are elderly. They are more worried about being disabled. Talking to elderly relatives, it is the thing they want to avoid.” 'Fake news and ageism' keeping statins from older people 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z There are the Theodorakis brothers, one of whom is disabled, whose Greek parents run a coffee shop out of Sunset Towers. “The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Barb quits the jail, goes back to school, gets a bachelor’s degree in social work, and finds a satisfying job working with disabled people. “Janesville” and the Dangers of American Optimism 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z LPF is a nonprofit organization in Silver Spring, Maryland, that collects used sports equipment and distributes it free to schools and sports programs with needy or disabled kids around Washington and Baltimore. Price of bats and sticks keeps some young people off the field 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z He is now the longest-serving inmate on death row, and his case became news again recently when the Supreme Court ruled on executing people who are mentally disabled. Lashes and lashing out 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z As disabled women sometimes lack access to the outside world, the abuse suffered by them may take different forms, forms not always familiar to the non-disabled population. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Taken together, though, my self-styled bibliography anticipated what Solomon discovered in his 11 years interviewing parents of disabled children - common cause. Motherlode Blog: 'Far From the Tree' and the Literature of Autism 2012-11-27T16:22:56Z It was focused on Jews but it also Roma, Black Germans, the disabled, and gay and gender non-conforming people. Suspending Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t help anyone fight against bigotry 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z I have heard many discriminatory comments by celebrity influencers and politicians on the elderly, disabled and the poor. "Plan 75": Dystopian film about euthanasia for elders fueled by "anger towards intolerant society" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z This led to a new career as a campaigner for disabled people in the arts. Paddy Masefield obituary 2012-07-24T16:20:11Z Ken Loach’s stoical, long-suffering disabled carpenter in I, Daniel Blake may not be quite so lucky. Sex, ghosts money and sainthood – now playing at Cannes 2016 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z His car was disabled in an accident before 1 a.m. and partially blocking the left lane of eastbound traffic on Interstate 290 near Mill Road in Addison, Lamb said. 1 killed, 1 hurt when squad car is rear-ended 2012-02-11T10:09:00Z Just as important as recourse if something goes wrong, disabled passengers say, is that airlines treat them, and their equipment, with dignity, care and respect. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Tied to a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, the bill would also make Medicaid — the U.S. program that helps low-income and disabled people get health care — contingent on work requirements for some eligible Americans. SNAP work requirements drastically limit the availability of food aid 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Seven other officers and four civilians were wounded by gunfire, and 33 law enforcement vehicles either disabled or destroyed, including a police helicopter grounded over San Bernardino County. The road to Ferguson: This 1980 bank robbery changed how American police are armed 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Nearly one-third rely on government-funded public health insurance, such as Medicare for the elderly or Medicaid for the poor and disabled. Alabama: black women die of cervical cancer at more than twice national average 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z But to me, a physically disabled woman who uses a wheelchair and believes all lives have value, “Me Before You” isn’t just a contrived tearjerker. Spare me, “Me Before You”: Hollywood’s new tearjerker is built on tired and damaging disability stereotypes 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z There are thought to be 13.9 million disabled people in the UK and 61 million in the US. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z There are rough approximations of the number of people with, for example, lupus or cystic fibrosis, but some of those people may view themselves as substantially disabled while others may not. What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z But a rehearsal game on Sunday in Sao Paulo was a pleasant surprise, disabled fans said, especially in a country where infrastructure is often deficient even for those with no impediments. For disabled fans and others, World Cup rehearsal eases fears 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z He's further to the right than you in his attitude to the poor and the disabled. Westminster digested 2012-06-27T19:30:01Z The time he imitated a disabled New York Times reporter. We need to stop lying to kids about Donald Trump 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Colby spent more than 20 years caring for disabled Australians before recently retiring to work full-time on the farm she shares with her husband. In Australia, Reality TV Tackles Immigration 2011-06-21T17:18:17Z Half of those questioned complained that facilities provided at venues, such as toilets, bars and food stalls, were not suitable, while 94% said last-minute ticketing websites such as Seatwave.com did not cater for disabled people. 'Shambolic' ticketing systems spoiling live gigs for disabled people 2013-06-26T10:00:48Z For better or worse, I went to a boarding school for disabled kids. Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Not many writers incorporate disabled characters into their work and, when they do, too often those parts go to nondisabled actors. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z His point, he wrote, was that, although anybody could play the role, a disabled actor could “enhance the performance and impact of the production.” The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Accessibility: The patio is near a designated space for disabled drivers; the main area there is accessible. Review | Shake up your dinner routine with a (short) road trip 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He is one of several disabled performers in Heidi Latsky’s “Gimp,” a dance work that challenges preconceptions about beauty and body image, and his speech is a reversal. Dance Review: Heidi Latsky Dance Performs ‘Gimp’ at Lincoln Center 2012-08-05T21:27:28Z We see local news clips of youth football teams helping a disabled student to score a symbolic touchdown. Shakespeare’s Deleted Scenes 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "This man disabled me for life ... mentally, but also physically and financially." 'America's Most Wanted' still going strong 2012-04-08T16:45:13Z I understood what Bad Cripple was saying about the injustice of a world that didn’t recognize “abnormal” bodies, that failed to extend equal rights and all kinds of services to the disabled community. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Sandell said he hoped other museums would follow the Wellcome Collection’s example, especially in trying to show objects that spoke to disabled people’s lives. Is This the World’s Most Accessible Museum? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And, yet, there's a crucial group whose contributions, either within the late-1940s landscape "Hollywood" is set in or in Murphy's revisionist fairy tale, aren't acknowledged: the disabled. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z In this struggle, a community of disabled people and carers came to be my support. The ballad of my son's struggle 2013-06-17T18:07:00Z Most applauded Palin’s follow-up, but a few users doubled down on what they saw as a hypocritical endorsement of a candidate who allegedly mocked a disabled reporter. “You are pathetic”: Bristol Palin backhands Insta-troll who insulted Down Syndrome-afflicted brother, Trig 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Boyega was born in Peckham, south London, to a dad who was a minister and a mum who worked with disabled children; both immigrated from Nigeria before their son was born. John Boyega: storming from Peckham to galactic fame | Observer profile 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Serkis says he did approach theatre companies that work with disabled artists, but, for various reasons, it didn’t happen. Andy Serkis: ‘King Kong was the epiphany. It was like: you can now do anything’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “If you think I’m inspirational because I wake up in the morning and don’t weep about the fact that I’m disabled, that’s not inspirational,” she continued. Heard the One About the Disabled Muslim Comic From Jersey? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Forgotten Children was shot over six months in a home for 126 disabled and/or abandoned children, and they may be the lucky ones. TV highlights 18/06/2012 2012-06-17T18:59:01Z This is not just about being politically correct and demanding that all disabled characters must be played by disabled actors; it’s about verisimilitude and what will make for the best film. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Law enforcement authorities are also trained how to work with the disabled community—in particular, with children reporting a crime. Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? 2013-04-30T20:50:00Z Hernandez has since recanted his confession, and his lawyers have argued that Hernandez only made it because he is mentally ill, borderline intellectually disabled and had been subjected to hours of unrecorded interrogation. Death penalty report cites value of taping interrogations 2014-05-09T10:58:00Z "You've now passed the need to sort and possibly throw food away onto someone already struggling," says Rook Stone, a chronically ill disabled writer in California's Central Valley. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z But what many homebound workers are realizing during the pandemic is something chronically ill and disabled people have known for years, that working from bed doesn’t mean you’re lazy or depressed. Working From Bed Is Actually Great 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Pappas says rebuilding a 135-year-old locomotive is a time-consuming process that requires every part to be disabled, cleaned, repaired and reassembled. Who needs a railroad museum? You can ride these circa-1870 rails yourself. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Singer, 75, has also been a controversial figure, particularly among advocates for disabled people who have contended that his utilitarian analysis discounts the value of their lives. Peter Singer Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z After his diagnosis, disabled as an oboist, Klein sought remedies and solutions in vain as his life fell apart around him. After 15 years, musician makes miraculous comeback 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Streep’s gross underestimation of the disabled community’s abilities hit me hard as a disabled woman, but is also all too familiar. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z I grew up with a sibling who is mentally ill and is now considered disabled. Ask Amy: Aunt feels invisible with no acknowledgment 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Although not disabled myself, I have a viewpoint framed around disability, which informs my thinking. Getting a laugh out of disability 2010-04-28T12:00:00Z In the early 1950s they didn’t know about access for disabled kids, but they knew their daughter was going to school. She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z As airlines try to monetize seat assignments, are disabled passengers being left behind? What all the recent United Airlines headlines may mean for travelers 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z One motive for doing so was to provide for a disabled adult son. Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z I default to enhancing the experience of the disabled performer. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z And when Sanders asks Billy Wayne to confirm that he is disabled, given that he is conducting the interview while seated on a motorized scooter, Baron Cohen’s character replies that no, he is not. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Derek, in the Guardian this week, teasing out the question of whether or not its central character is disabled – and whether that matters. Comedians get chance to fall flat on TV, and Eddie Izzard sets sights on politics 2013-02-05T16:36:20Z His disabled father, a former chemical engineer, was reduced to working door-to-door selling shoes. Gimme gimme gimme: how to increase your willpower 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The charity organization, near and dear to Stewart, helps disabled people participate in athletics. Jon Stewart’s departure from “The Daily Show” just got a lot more real 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z His relationship with the disabled community also was complicated. Analysis | The two sides of Jerry Lewis 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z That’s because Kinetic Light, a disability arts ensemble whose work is made by and for disabled people, has an ethic and aesthetic of access that is exceptionally thoughtful and thorough. Only Connect: Finding a Way Into Kinetic Light’s ‘Wired’ 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “On screen,” says Renkow, “disabled people are often less like characters and more like plot devices. I don’t like that disabled people are never flawed.” Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z “Think of the many millions of blank screens. Try to imagine the disabled phones. What happens to people who live inside their phones?” Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Objectors to the pilot took it as a given that the character is disabled and that therefore the show mocked someone with a disability. Ricky Gervais' Derek: cruel, or just unusual? 2013-01-31T07:00:06Z Inevitably, “the aim of the narrative is to eradicate the disabled life rather than change the world so that the disabled life can thrive.” Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z I’m a teacher and passionate about what I do; she is also committed to her work, working with disabled youth and helping them transition to functional adulthood. Date Lab: These two women mesh in almost every way. Is that enough? 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Under the Stars is a social enterprise; disabled people pay to attend workshops out of their disability care budgets from the council. The Stars Band: 'why shouldn't disabled people have a great album cover?' 2013-05-30T12:33:50Z Ben seemed uniquely qualified to tell the story in that way But it wasn't important to the success of the film that Ben was disabled. John Hawkes: 'To be a good actor, I need to be invisible' 2013-01-13T00:05:09Z Jokes that punched down at women, queer people, disabled people, people of color — rarely make it to air now. In ‘Reboot,’ Everything Old Is New, to Streaming 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z "They call it the friendly skies, but for disabled people there's nothing friendly about flying," she said. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Along these lines, in the early 1990s, he took a job teaching ceramics to a group of physically and mentally disabled adults in Warsaw. Art Review: ‘Pawel Althamer: The Neighbors’ Is at the New Museum 2014-02-13T20:22:19Z She eventually settled in Switzerland, where she now runs a home for mentally disabled people. Indian guru Rajneesh’s ex-aide to star in new documentary 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The support of the Pillars and IllumiNative projects is the most recent example of how Disney has promoted diversity amid complaints that Hollywood offers too few opportunities to women, people of color and the disabled. New Initiative Aims to Change How Movies Portray Muslims 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Even when those series intend for their representations to be positive, a common pitfall is that they often reduce a disabled character to the reality of his or her disability. “Seinfeld,” “Breaking Bad” and beyond: “CinemAbility” explores Hollywood and disability 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z George E. Pataki was so embarrassed by the press reports, he created an extra housing program for the developmentally disabled. Generation B: Graying in a Home, Not an Institution 2010-04-16T00:05:00Z Following recent changes to this scheme, which helps deaf and disabled people in work, a parliamentary select committee is conducting an inquiry. I can hear after 20 years 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Almost all of those titles, however, still don’t feature disabled actors. Study Shows More Disability Stories Onscreen, but Few Disabled Actors 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z He started selling fruit in the streets at 10, helping his family and disabled brother, but the local police humiliated him by frequently confiscating his cart and goods. Zero Dark Thirty and Argo don't do justice to Arabs 2013-02-20T13:00:00Z You know, Mr Khan parks in a disabled space, someone sees him getting out of the car, so he adopts a limp, cue laughter. TV review: Hunderby; Harry's Mountain Heroes 2012-08-28T06:49:03Z He's desirable, which is not something that disabled characters are always allowed to be or to express. “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Jack Thorne, the playwright behind “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” and an activist for disabled people, said in a telephone interview that there was “definitely a willingness” to expand disabled casting in Britain. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z It doesn’t do inspections, but it does make minor home repairs, especially ones that make homes safer or more accessible for elderly or disabled people. How to fix a broken bedrail 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They are unlikely to be fully regulated for the disabled, or to have changing facilities for children and babies, and many people don't want to go into licensed premises. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z Still, there are many ways non-disabled individuals can help create more accessible, sustainable food systems for disabled individuals and communities — right now. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “Planet of Snail” is not a clinical study of the disabled. Movie Review: ‘Planet of Snail,’ a South Korean Documentary 2012-07-24T22:08:39Z There's a lot of bad press saying that we were helicopter parents, that we've done too much, that we've disabled them, and I don't think the facts bear that out. Parenting a teen is as intense as a baby, but very different. Why don't we talk about it more? 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z By the time of her death, she was profoundly disabled. Susan Crosland obituary 2011-02-28T19:00:53Z He played a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment and becomes a genius. Cliff Robertson remembered in NY as family man 2011-09-16T22:48:08Z “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS,” she wrote. Actor Selma Blair reveals that she has multiple sclerosis 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Thanks to his work with the disabled, Mr. D’Ambrosi now spends much of his time attending international conferences. Pathological Theater, a Salve to Soothe Minds 2010-06-05T02:05:00Z What did happen was that Aideen discovered just how little support there is for disabled pregnant women. ‘No one expects people with disabilities to have a family’ 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Streep, who spoke on behalf of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention last summer, criticized Trump for mocking a disabled reporter and sending a message that humiliating others is acceptable. Celebrities Who Called Out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Those of us who live on both sides — or, it often feels like, no sides — are disabled, trying to navigate a world that doesn't care to let us speak for ourselves. Is "CODA" the "Green Book" of films about deaf people? 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Thomas believes the slow progress in “disability fashion” is an “oversight” that stems from this way of thinking, rather than a conscious bid to exclude disabled customers. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “He’s a disabled kid in the harshest environment, yet he doesn’t just survive, he triumphs. It’s such a great message. He’s not traditionally glamorous, he’s not an action hero, but he could save the world.” 'It was madness': Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z It was an inspired departure from the idea of a more-or-less-pretty object standing on a lawn, but it was extremely challenging in terms of issues such as budget, difficulty of construction, and disabled access. Serpentine's star pavilions 2010-05-22T23:04:00Z "And Just Like That" is a stunning example of how not to write a disabled character. The antiquated homophobia of "And Just Like That" 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z Martin McDonagh's play about a disabled teenager living in 1930s Ireland received a warm reception from London critics last year. Radcliffe's Cripple set for Broadway 2014-01-17T11:20:12Z A disabled person or a charity worker asks you to sign a petition and donate money to a cause; an accomplice might lift your wallet during the interaction . 10 common travel scams — and how to avoid them 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Through videos, performances and sculptures, Abareshi examines the disabled body as a depersonalized object in the medical system. As People Reflect on Their Bodies, Museums Turn to Artists for Answers 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z However, the studio tour doesn’t charge admission for a disabled guest’s caregiver; we paid for Chloe’s child admission while I got in free. Whether in Orlando or London, Harry Potter tourist attractions cast a magical spell 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z If anyone, disabled folks are the most resourceful, used to navigating a system that was already collapsing for us. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Fox only licenses its regular programs to Dish for playback on VOD on the condition that fast-forwarding of commercials is disabled. Fox sues Dish Network over ad-skipping DVR service 2012-05-24T22:21:18Z Surely, some of Duncan’s affection is explained by Ottoline’s lack of awareness of him as disabled in any way. Review | A service monkey gives a disabled man a new lease on life 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z After a workplace injury left him disabled, his family persuaded him to move back to the Short Creek area with his wife, Jinjer. Weekend Reading: The Psychology of Neonaticide, Failed Adoptions, and More 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Gradually, originally progressive institutions, like Normansfield, "founded to promote the integration of the mentally disabled became the means by which they could be segregated for a lifetime". Family Secrets: Living With Shame from the Victorians to the Present Day by Deborah Cohen – review 2013-01-26T15:00:01Z Readers on the lookout for Black or disabled characters in historical romance will not want to miss this. Hot and Bothered: Four New Romance Novels 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z And Horse, the oldest of the crew, is a disabled hoarder who can barely take care of himself. Stripped of its cheekiness, Hulu's "The Full Monty" transforms from a movie comedy into a TV slog 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Unable to care for the twins on her own, she brought them to a home for disabled children, where they became wards of the state. The story of the surgery that made Ben Carson famous — and its complicated aftermath 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Recent titles worth seeing: “Crip Camp,” on Netflix, a documentary about a summer camp for the disabled in the Catskills and the campers who went on to become activists in the American disability rights movement. VOD, Streaming or Virtual Cinema? Your Guide to Digital Movie Options 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z And for good reason — the guy is toxic and full of hate, and he stirs Americans up by appealing to despicable instincts like xenophobia He mocks the disabled. Trevor Noah gets it now: His takedown of Ted Cruz shows he’s only growing sharper on American politics 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z But when work on the Tate's £215m extension began last year, overnight all the disabled parking bays were removed. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z She championed several groups such as the press, artists and immigrants, but none so strongly as those with disabilities, as she spoke against Donald Trump’s mocking disabled New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z “There’s still obviously nowhere near the representation of disabled people that there should be, but progress is happening slowly. It’s a much better landscape from when I first started.” 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z And I hope that sentiment is true for everyone, not just the millions of us who are Deaf or disabled. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z We stopped outside a disabled toilet and he pointed to the door. Ten airport horror stories that will make you never want to fly again 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z They have the opportunity to play sport with disabled kids, which they seize with relish.The worry is the funding will be switched off once the caravan has passed through. Will the Olympics be a winner for east London? 2012-07-07T17:00:01Z Likewise, in 2014 M.I.T. established the Open Style Lab in its International Design Center, a program that matches engineering, design and occupational therapy students with disabled clients to come up with adaptive clothing technologies. Fashion’s Newest Frontier: The Disabled and the Displaced 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z The book is dedicated to a severely disabled little girl named Sophie. How Big Data Is ‘Automating Inequality’ 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Very few young gay or black people or Muslims or disabled people would say that prejudice had been defeated, yet in the 90s it was commonplace for young women to declare sexism dead. Kat Banyard: 'We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over' 2012-10-14T19:45:01Z To be honest," he says, "I wasn't aware there were many disabled comedians until I started myself. Lee Ridley: making comedy out of silence 2012-06-06T17:26:50Z Without explaining themselves, they lay claim to a territory that disabled people usually try to avoid: the space where disability and animality meet. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Living with pain … Flannery O'Connor pictured on crutches in the 1950s when she was disabled by lupus. Reading group: strange bodies in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-19T11:36:00Z Faced with the prospect of even greater loneliness as a widower, he has trouble coming to grips with Anne’s desire to die in peace, rather than live disabled, disoriented, and in physical pain. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z What about Warren, the developmentally disabled character in “There’s Something About Mary”? Peter Farrelly made some pretty ‘dumb’ movies. So how did he end up directing a smart drama about racism? 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Are those of us with autistic spectrum conditions disabled or different? Is my autism a superpower? 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z I’m married to Jorge Pineda; he is a disabled guy from Mexico, and it’s given me a deeper perspective of the issues that disabled people are facing in other countries. The Activist Star of ‘Crip Camp’ Looks Back at a Life on the Barricades 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Palin, the 2008 U.S. vice-presidential candidate, says she was tricked into an interview, ostensibly about American veterans, by a person dressed as a disabled U.S. serviceman. Sacha Baron Cohen's U.S. TV show disrupts ahead of first broadcast 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z This sacrificial disabled person trope is a genre specialty, seen in a whole host of science fiction and fantasy from the gothic classic "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" to the 2021 film "Mother/Android." Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The jelly made by a group of young disabled people? Rewind TV: Mary and Martha; Lightfields; Food Glorious Food; Heading Out – review 2013-03-02T22:50:00Z Coast Guard received a phone call from a Cuban national aboard a disabled sport fishing boat, Fox 10 TV reports, detailing that his schooner was stranded roughly 130 nautical miles off the Yucatan Peninsula. Carnival Fantasy passengers 'overjoyed' to help rescue 23 people lost at sea for days 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Now my older husband was not living with me for a very specific reason: because he couldn’t stand to be around a disabled child. ‘We have never lived together. Is that so strange?’: the married couples who live apart 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The play, focused on the life of a single mother of a severely disabled child, is one of the scintillating new offerings of the fall season. Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The battalion had to stay in their vehicles all the time, in case of enemy attack, and they had to stay there for days due to the disabled truck. Serial recap – season two, episode six: five o'clock shadow 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “It’s like I’m taking care of two disabled people,” Jim complains. Critic’s Notebook: Hapless Men in Tow, ‘Legit’ Returns on FXX 2014-02-25T22:09:14Z But the Mexican surrealist painter, who was left disabled by polio and a bus accident, might seem an unlikely subject for a ballet. Frida Kahlo Could Barely Walk. In This Ballet, She Dances. 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Some were prodigies who couldn’t make it through school; others were more disabled and were shunted into asylums. ‘NeuroTribes,’ by Steve Silberman 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z We visit Emma at the school where she works with developmentally disabled children, admiring her, as Jeff does, for her tenderness with troubled souls. Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z He issued one final tweet–”After much thought and deliberation, I’ve decided t”–and then his account was disabled. Damon Lindelof and Why Twitter Is Not Always for Everyone 2013-10-16T21:47:33Z For many disabled people, the film is rife with scenes of smugness; “Run, Forrest run!” became a taunt for people with learning disabilities. Disability can be funny – just get disabled people to make the jokes 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z I don’t know whether I could really love someone who is so profoundly disabled. Andrew Solomon: “The conditions I’ve written about have been brutally stigmatized” 2012-11-24T22:00:00Z The eligibility rules maintained that a homeowner was at least 62 years old or disabled; must own or occupy the home and must meet income guidelines for the program. Volunteer group to fix up Little Rock homes 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z When we finally arrived in Cap Haitien, Frantz drove through torrential rain that poured across the streets and disabled several trucks. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z There would be conservation areas, education space, a new service entrance for loading in art, a bigger coat room and museum shop, more bathrooms and better access for disabled visitors. Frick Plans Changes, but Vows to Stay the Same 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z International Medical Corps, which runs nine health centers for refugees across southern Turkey, said it saw hundreds of new cases of people disabled by conflict every month. Dead brother's vest, bracelet, coffee pot: what refugees take when they flee 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z But there are plenty of ways for, say, the elderly and the disabled to get down to the river in other places. The Grand Canyon Needs to Be Saved By Every Generation 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Rather than this behavior aiding the disabled community, it introduces a savior-complex dynamic. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It remains to be seen whether the recent casting of disabled actors marks a temporary uptick or a more lasting trend. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z There was a character called Rudy and he did take in a very disabled, much more physically disabled than in our story, boy. Alan Cumming on Speaking His Mind, Making His Own Hats and Getting In Touch With His Inner Elf 2012-12-07T13:00:31Z Created by Back to Back, a 25-year-old Australian company devoted to work featuring disabled actors and staged by Bruce Gladwin, "Ganesh" offers no prefatory explanations or context. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z I am not disabled; I have a disability. I’m blind – but it can be a blessing in disguise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The book overflows with dehumanizing stereotypes about disability, from implications that disabled people are things no more active than houseplants, to assumptions that disability is a fate worse than death. Spare me, “Me Before You”: Hollywood’s new tearjerker is built on tired and damaging disability stereotypes 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Cunningham is disabled, and her dexterity with crutches provides the show’s main physical appeal. On Artists and Audiences at American Realness 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Officials there say Winter’s story has become an inspiration for disabled people around the world and the aquarium has received thousands of messages of support since Winter’s illness became known. ‘Dolphin Tale’ star illness prompts aquarium to close 1 day 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In an open letter, blogger and occasional contributor Cara Liebowitz urged the publication to examine its habit of publishing stories that “objectify and even humiliate” disabled people. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Of course we are protecting the most vulnerable in society, with disabled people exempt from the benefit cap. We are building a fair welfare state 2013-04-02T19:30:00Z Stroker believes it’s high time the disabled are represented on stages and sound stages authentically, noting that one in five Americans lives with a disability. Tony nominee Ali Stroker keeps on breaking Broadway barriers 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z That the character is also disabled adds another layer, said leading actress and Bollywood star Kalki Koechlin. South Asian women step out of Bollywood, into serious dramatic roles 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Like Doc Holliday, I am diminished and disabled by long-term illness. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Billy Claven hopes getting a part in the film will help him escape his tedious and difficult disabled life. Things I Forgot I Remembered, The Cripple Of Inishmaan, If Only: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-06-08T05:00:18Z “Jewish, homosexual, disabled, Armenian, Rwandan — genocide is genocide,” she said. U.S. Holocaust Museums Are Updating Content and Context 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The post was seemingly deleted after receiving negative backlash, and comments appeared to be disabled for the newest post. Brewery apologizes for Crips and Blood inspired beers 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z At the Golden Globes last month, Meryl Streep made a speech excoriating the president for mocking a disabled reporter. #OscarsSoOrange? Hollywood on edge as politically charged ceremony looms 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The ceremony will feature more than 3,000 volunteers including 50 disabled performers. Global TV deals for Paralympics 2012-08-28T12:28:24Z Even with this progress, many disabled characters are not written in well-rounded ways, and actors without disabilities are often cast in these roles, McRae said. ‘The Music Man’ Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Dear Amy: I often read your column aloud to my disabled wife, who is terminally ill with a relatively rare frontotemporal dementia. Perspective | Ask Amy: A loving husband rejects unhelpful ‘help’ 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z That is the central premise of the film, the directorial feature debut of Mark Ruffalo, from a screenplay by Mr. Thornton, whose acting career was thwarted by a hiking accident that left him similarly disabled. | 'Sympathy for Delicious': A Cynical Faith Healer Who Can?t Fix Himself 2011-04-28T23:40:24Z Michael has been a resident at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, a school for mentally disabled and autistic children and adults in a quiet Boston suburb, for 25 years. An electric shock therapy stops self-harm among the autistic, but at what cost? 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Reviewers often described the sensation of letting go of their awareness that the performers were blind or disabled and seeing through to the art of the play. Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage, Dies at 75 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “This is the time to support disabled makers and new artistic voices.” A Trisha Brown Masterpiece, ‘Reset’ on an Inclusive Troupe 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z A widow, covered with bruises from her developmentally disabled son, flinches when anyone gently tries to probe what is going on. A Girl Vanishes. But in This Novel, Time Is the Real Mystery. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Also, not many casting directors consider auditioning a person with disabilities for a part in which the character isn’t disabled. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z He said he never forgot an encounter with a pupil in a class for the developmentally disabled. Daniel Keyes, author of the classic book ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ dies at 86 This can include the withholding of food, the denial or destruction of devices like hearing aids or wheelchairs, denying or forcing medication or forcing a disabled person to stay in soiled clothes or bedsheets. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z When night owls are forced to rise early, their prefrontal cortex, which controls sophisticated thought processes and logical reasoning, “remains in a disabled, or ‘offline,’ state,” Dr. Walker writes. Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The T.S.A. first said this wasn’t possible, then later admitted the machines can save photos, but that this feature had been disabled. Practical Traveler: Are Scanners Worth the Risk? 2010-09-07T21:50:00Z The road had offered 280 free parking spaces within a half-mile of the museum’s entrance, and 17 for disabled people within a quarter mile of the entrance. San Francisco’s Cyclists Cheer a Road Less Traveled. Museums Mourn It. 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Unlike most actresses who have taken on this part, Ms. Ferris, who has muscular dystrophy, is visibly disabled and spends much of the play in a wheelchair. Review: Dismantling ‘The Glass Menagerie’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Mirroring the significant disparities in food access more broadly, first-generation students, students from low-income households, students of color and disabled students are at higher risk of becoming food insecure than their classmates. Colleges have high rates of food insecurity and food waste. Students are helping address both 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The transponder on MH370 was disabled at approximately 1:21 a.m. 7 technologies for tracking (or losing) airplanes 2014-03-19T12:30:00Z So does the heart-rending final scene, when Burnat, now permanently disabled, takes his sons to an Israeli beach and dares to imagine that Gibreel will grow up to see a different world. Pick of the week: One Palestinian village resists 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z If that alone was not enough to lose him the job, he sealed the deal by stumbling out of the disabled toilet after a fix and introducing his crack dealer to Kylie Minogue. Brand designs 2010-04-06T07:00:00Z Officials made wholesale cuts to state mental health and developmentally disabled programs, dumping patients into “rooming houses and inadequate nursing homes.” The Tea Party’s inspiration: A tax revolt that destroyed California 2013-09-15T13:30:00Z He didn’t want there to be any doubt that he was disabled. Disabled dating on Tinder: ‘People ask if I can have sex’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z The tale of a disabled beggar and his drug-addicted lover living in a black ghetto called Catfish Row in Charleston, S.C., Arts & Leisure: It Ain?t Necessarily ?Porgy? 2011-08-05T15:00:00Z Acting for disabled children leaves me with a profound tiredness that I don't get in any other form of performance. 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z In Tudor times, when few people had any learning, "learning disabled" was a meaningless category. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z There are people saying, "We'd kill that disabled funny chick because Muslims hate us because they danced in the street in Jersey." "Don't hang out with mean people": One comic's mission to fight sexist, racist, and ableist trolls 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z A nationalist, Roosevelt, in his later years became overtly racist, historians say, endorsing sterilization of the poor and the intellectually disabled. Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z For the elderly, for the disabled, for people who don’t like to drive and park downtown, these streamed concerts are a particular boon. How does watching a Seattle Symphony concert from home compare to a live concert? 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z But they're often the safest and most accessible avenues for disabled and chronically ill people. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The first casting by the Royal Shakespeare Company of a disabled actor to play Richard III has been hailed as an advance in British theater. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Stoneburger was also impressed with the site’s access for disabled visitors, including ramps. 103-year-old woman signs on as junior ranger at Grand Canyon National Park 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z That has not been the case for representation in terms of the disabled. Analysis | How Scarlett Johansson and Dwayne Johnson represent Hollywood’s uneven strides toward inclusivity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Because the idea is often that disabled actors can’t play roles, there’s a lack of guilt from studios for casting able-bodied actors in those parts. Analysis | How Scarlett Johansson and Dwayne Johnson represent Hollywood’s uneven strides toward inclusivity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Along with layoffs, the governor is expected to announce the closing of a prison, juvenile detention center and homes for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, the Tribune reported Tuesday. Gov. Quinn to outline budget cuts today 2011-09-08T10:05:00Z Consequently, Wilson is exiled to the mountains to help the local authorities in tracking a mentally disabled adolescent boy who they believe murdered a young girl. Ida Lupino, a Woman of Spine on Both Sides of the Lens 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z As the daughter of a sick parent, I was aware very young of the subtle yet consistent derision directed at the ill or disabled. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z LeBrecht hears stories every week from and about the disabled community that could make for riveting TV and movies. In ‘Luca,’ a Character’s Disability Doesn’t Define Him 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Each of them faces psychiatric issues, as does their daughter Judy, who is developmentally disabled. ‘Charm Circle’ Review: There’s No Place Like Home 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z In it a disabled ninth grader named Barnaby and his older sister, Shannon, fall for the same “volleyball player, surfer, beautiful boy.” New Books by Claire Vaye Watkins, Marie NDiaye and More 2012-08-29T21:12:46Z They will then travel to Rabat to meet with diplomats, influential women, young entrepreneurs and disabled athletes. Prince Harry, wife Meghan in Morocco on official visit 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Claudia’s parents never teach her sign language, and are often disinclined to use it at all — they don’t want to be perceived as disabled. Speaking in Tongues: Novels in Translation From Around the World 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z As many people think the worst tragedy that can happen is being disabled, perhaps that is why we are seen as fair game. My disability is not a joke 2010-04-13T18:30:00Z Those performances are richly rewarded: actors without disabilities who are Oscar-nominated for playing a disabled character have an almost 50% chance of winning. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z He was the moving spirit behind a center offering arts to the disabled in his native Leicester. Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z President Donald Trump after she criticized him for belittling a disabled journalist at the Golden Globes in January. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks to make first film together: report 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But he believes that those who are disabled by the condition deserve a wider range of treatment options than an endless litany of stimulants with chirpy names like Vyvanse and Concerta. Overselling A.D.H.D.: A New Book Exposes Big Pharma’s Role 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z I’ve always known the disabled community to be the ultimate scrappy fighters. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z They fear for their jobs, but also for the wellbeing of their patrons, many of whom are children, elderly, disabled or unemployed. Doncaster library cuts are cultural vandalism 2010-08-18T11:06:00Z As minister for disabled people I am proud that we are one of the world leaders in rights for the disabled, with the UK spending on disability-related benefits a fifth higher than the EU average. We are building a fair welfare state 2013-04-02T19:30:00Z We obviously knew that Mike was not going to succeed in killing Hector in that moment, but we do know that in BB Hector is badly disabled... the tension is still there. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: The Ultimate Betrayal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z If the anterior cingulate's disabled entirely, the access to the past is completely blocked off. The raw horror of Alzheimer's 2010-06-01T20:00:00Z It takes time to help a disabled person traveling with equipment, he said, but with the meter off, drivers lose money. New Rules Aim to Make Travel Easier for the Disabled 2010-04-27T03:17:00Z Women are also more likely to be accompanied by children, as well as disabled and older people. The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z In an instant, Isaac becomes the unofficial leading voice of the school's disabled population. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z It's this physical difference, the disfigurement, however, that has disfigured and disabled activist Jen Campbell and others like her up in arms. James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The group opposes aid in dying because, it says, “people who are labeled ‘terminal,’ predicted to die within six months, are—or will become—disabled.” I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Like when the pope kissed the babies or the disabled, or took the letter about immigration from the 5-year-old girl standing along the parade route. Lonnae O’Neal: The pope and ‘Empire’ bookend a Washington day 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the beneficiary was Homes for Our Troops, which builds adapted homes for disabled veterans. The booming industry that veterans are tapping into 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z The girl was profoundly disabled, in a wheelchair. My son’s Down’s syndrome does not define him 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z A Santa Barbara County sheriff’s office statement does not identify any of those involved but notes that a disabled elderly man living at the home was taken to a hospital for evaluation. Woman killed, suspect shot at home of ‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z If other people suddenly discovered they could fly, would my flightlessness make me disabled? The top 10 books about disability 2013-07-03T10:32:34Z And while Randall Okita’s “See For Me” offers the novelty of a disabled character who is rather less than morally upstanding, this uninvolving thriller is as lacking in tension as credibility. ‘See for Me’ Review: Steal Away 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The learning disabled were held to have "access to a divine wisdom", says Lipscomb, and to keep a fool absolved one's sins. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z Ultimately, Brooker hopes his documentary will help shine a light not only on his experiences but on the all-too-common difficulties faced by disabled people in the UK. 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But plenty of outraged readers and members of the disabled community thought otherwise. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z We learned about both last night: Her name is Michonne, and The Governor’s resident geek correctly surmised that she uses the disabled walkers as protection. The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor Commeth 2012-10-29T14:54:06Z A stroke the same year left him disabled, but he continued to front his occasional big band and to act as a cheerleader for jazz in his native city. Buddy Collette obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z Now, I do not accept that as a middle-aged white male, I'm unable to represent others who do not fit that description, be they female, from an ethnic minortiy, gay or disabled. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z Even though I know that would mean introducing a new disabled character for the sole purpose of using “Sweet Blindness,” or planting “Stoned Soul Picnic” in a special episode about drug abuse. Glee Watch: Wedding Bell Curve 2012-01-18T14:38:23Z I want to see able bodied with disabled. Why women should start giving short men a chance | Poppy Noor 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Those very few born with sight are considered, alternatively, as witches or as saviors to disabled people. "See" recap: Manure, rain and still no war 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Unknowingly, a fleeting trend pointed to the dilemma that disabled online daters routinely find themselves in: do I show my disability in the photo? Disabled dating on Tinder: ‘People ask if I can have sex’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z If the disabled were properly cared for, if they were valued by our society and our medical system, we would accept that disability is a fact of life, Not Dead Yet says. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Our Broadway production of “Spring Awakening” in 2015-2016 inspired multiple instances of casting deaf and disabled actors. Deaf West artistic director David Kurs: Why deaf actors should be cast to play deaf characters 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Based on the real-life story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, the limited crime series traces the downfall of the Texan neurosurgeon's practice that left multiple patients either disabled or dead. From "MacGruber" to "Dr. Death," here are 11 shows to watch on Peacock besides the Olympics 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Many of those snared in Watergate’s web of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury were lawyers who had disabled their personal crime detectors. John Dean, sex machine? And other new revelations from the Nixon tapes. Kennedy Center house managers recruit presenters from the ranks of ushers charged with helping disabled patrons. When presenting a bouquet to a ballerina, don’t trip! 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z I am almost always the only disabled person in the room. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Girl X is not a polemic in favour of the right of disabled people to choose their own lives, although that is where Softley's sympathies lie. Girl X: An actor? In a wheelchair? 2011-04-11T20:59:01Z Instead, disabled airline passengers must look to the Air Carrier Access Act. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z PRO TIP: The federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act generally requires employers with at least 15 workers to grant pregnant employees the same accommodation granted to any temporarily disabled or incapacitated employee. Work Advice: Can a morning-sickness sufferer seek a ban on smelly food? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Amara found, when consulting on past productions, that the reluctance to hire disabled crew often stems from an assumption that doing so will cost excessive time and money. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z It's an unprecedented look at the lives of disabled women, catheters and all, and either a new high or new low for reality TV. New show gives close-up of women in wheelchairs 2012-05-31T16:50:13Z Training police Petty, a married mother of two with cerebral palsy, believes law enforcement training is key to helping the disabled community report more crime and abuse to official channels. Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? 2013-04-30T20:50:00Z Editors Note: While many in the deaf community reject the ‘disabled’ label, preferring to be classified as a cultural community, most reports follow medical and legal practice in classifying them as disabled. Can the physically disabled be protected from sexual abuse? 2013-04-30T20:50:00Z But, among the more extreme stories, there are also tales of the healing power of nature and inspiring stories of women adventurers, older athletes and disabled outdoors lovers. Five film highlights from the 2019 Kendal Mountain Festival 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z The parents of these children talk movingly about coming to grips with the news that their child would be disabled and about the ensuing rewards and struggles. Television Review: ‘Miss You Can Do It’ Showcases Challenged Girls 2013-06-23T21:48:53Z I will credit it with this much, though: as soon as I left the theatre, I disabled “Frequent Locations” on my iPhone. Phones On, Curtain Up 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z An established scientific institution with a highly developed public outreach apparatus, the museum was a valuable tool for the Nazis in spreading false claims about Jews, disabled people and other victims of the regime. Pandemics Get Forgotten. But Not at This Museum. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z But it was vigorously opposed by the National Federation of the Blind because, a spokesman said, it made it more difficult for the disabled to get their needs addressed. Galleries From A to Z Sued Over Websites the Blind Can’t Use 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z “In many countries, people with disabilities have very few rights,” said Eric Lipp, executive director of the Open Doors Organization, a nonprofit group in Chicago serving disabled people. New Rules Aim to Make Travel Easier for the Disabled 2010-04-27T03:17:00Z That's troubling because the cost of professional child care and elder care, as well as the care for the disabled, is very high in the U.S. Proposed SNAP work requirements target many low-income people who already work 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z How do disabled artists use their bodies to create work over which they have control, and which does not simply demand that they make a spectacle of themselves? Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z Props for working with disabled children, but extreme pitchiness got the dude voted off. Your guide to the 'American Idol' tour singers 2012-07-11T21:34:04Z “People rarely see disabled people represented in caregiving roles. I want them to see me and realize that disability is just a normal part of life.” Defying odds, quadriplegic woman in Virginia has twins 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z In 1976, almost six years after Pearce moved to Australia with his parents and older sister Tracey, whom he describes as "intellectually disabled", his father, a test pilot, was killed at work. Guy Pearce: Don't look down 2010-12-04T00:02:00Z Gypsies, Jews, homosexuals and the mentally disabled were "useless mouths" deserving of death. Soldatenby Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer – review 2013-01-25T20:00:04Z This strategy is not without risks, as evidenced by the fallout over the fact that many thought that Ruddick was disabled. The genius of Sacha Baron Cohen: 5 comedy strategies that make his insane interviews work 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z But it’s another disabled actor, Shannon DeVido as a jaded, sex-obsessed student scooting about speaking truths from a wheelchair, who provides the evening’s sarcastic flair. Review | Albert Einstein and Marian Anderson were good friends. But a new play at Ford’s Theatre only scratches the surface. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z They accused Pepper's former caretaker, Nancy Pease Whitehead, of stealing the collection when Pepper was transferred into a home for the disabled. Court revives suit involving Elvis memorabilia 2012-07-31T19:26:42Z But in Brazil, as in many developing countries, disabled fans will face accessibility challenges at hotels, restaurants and other facilities. For disabled fans and others, World Cup rehearsal eases fears 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z After criticizing Trump’s xenophobia by commenting that “Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners,” Streep attacked Trump’s infamously demeaning impersonation of a disabled reporter from the 2016 election. Donald Trump slams “overrated” Meryl Streep after her epic Golden Globes speech 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z This lack of proof, to Not Dead Yet and Coleman, means that there aren’t enough studies to prove that the disabled, the elderly, and the infirm are being taken advantage of by biased doctors. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z “Ten years after the armistice, Berlin’s disabled veterans were still so ubiquitous that nobody — myself included — gave them a second thought,” Gunther confesses. Philip Kerr’s Last Novel and a New Series From Alexander McCall Smith 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “Waste of good ammo,” wrote a $50 donor writing under the name American Crusader before comments were disabled. Crowdfunding Campaign Supporting Ferguson Cop Darren Wilson Raises $200k+ 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z He was forced out of the company he founded by the board of directors he assembled because they believed leaving a disabled man in charge was bad for business, according to the film. A Father Chose to End His Life at 92. His Daughter Hit Record. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “People are going to become disabled by this virus,” said Ms. Garza. When the World Shut Down, They Saw It Open 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z According to one estimate from the World Health Organization, about a billion people worldwide are disabled. What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z “On Display” is a project of Heidi Latsky Dance, the kind of company called physically integrated, which means that its diverse array of dancers includes many who are disabled. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The settlements were usually highly favorable to the companies, but often left unsophisticated or mentally disabled victims such as Gray without the means to care for themselves. Post reporter wins Polk award for series on ‘settlements’ industry 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The 55-year-old disabled photographer travels through the countryside on his bicycle, recording the widespread decline after the local farming system's collapse. 2010's best books 2010-12-10T14:14:00Z Before anyone says "there weren't disabled performers" for Murphy to draw from — which negates the fantasy and fictional characters already contained in the series — there were. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z In his final years, he was disabled with arthritis yet he insisted on driving his car and parking it wherever the whim took him. James Stevens obituary 2012-08-02T09:00:02Z It also presents the disabled character as a martyr, that only in Frank sacrificing himself can Jeevan go on to live. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z It took a leap of studio faith for Warner Bros to hire Patty Jenkins to direct Wonder Woman, so why not make similar leaps with disabled film talent? Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z We didn’t want him to have to grow up in a home with parents that had to devote all their emotional and financial resources to profoundly disabled siblings. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z Labour legislator Ann Begg, the first full-time wheelchair user elected to Parliament, was made a dame for services to disabled people and equal opportunities. Annie Lennox honored by queen for charity work 2010-12-31T00:03:19Z I am 62, physically disabled and financially stable. Perspective | Ask Amy: After marriage and baby, friend wants his pal back 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Our disabled neighbor insisted, and my husband finally relented. We made our sons shovel snow for free, with priceless results 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z There's an induction loop for the hard of hearing, and disabled toilets are available on each floor. Cine-files: Letchworth Broadway Cinema 2011-08-16T13:01:54Z "More inclusion of disabled voices," Campbell said, "more disabled writers and actors involved, which will lead both to better representation and better storytelling, and less ableism in the industry." James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s a little disappointing, though, that there are no disabled actors in the film. Andy Serkis: ‘King Kong was the epiphany. It was like: you can now do anything’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But if this was happening to me, how often is it happening to newer Deaf or disabled actors? After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Much more important to Weiler than any courtside success is to spread awareness that disabled people want solid opportunities to do things that matter — and that they need others' help to get there. Blind sports commentator to announce Illinois college basketball game for radio 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z These stories center on disabled people accomplishing basic tasks or "overcoming" their disability. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The final questions raised by Access all Areas were what does a disabled person look and sound like, and what does an artist look and sound like? Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z Toilet facilities at gigs often present problems for disabled users. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z At a time when many disabled children were sent to institutions, Ms. Snow kept her daughter at home and cared for her by herself. Singer Phoebe Snow dies at 60 2011-04-27T00:52:04Z Peace responded on his blog that I was intentionally endangering the lives of the disabled—or stupid. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z For the disabled artist Mat Fraser — the film’s most obvious link to burlesque’s sideshow roots — flaunting his imperfections is a way of redirecting anger and cementing self-acceptance. Movie Review: ‘Exposed’ Features Subversive Performers 2014-03-14T04:57:52Z During the investigation we discovered what a common experience uncomfortable seating areas and poor views are for disabled customers. Why do disabled cinemagoers get the worst seats in the house? 2011-08-25T08:35:06Z That’s another thing: As a disabled person, the onus falls on me to educate them. A Dark Comedy About Being Disabled? He’s in on the Joke 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Arts centres are not just buildings, but hives of knowledgeable individuals ready to provide interpretation and improve access to the arts for all, including disabled people, children and young people, and the elderly. Do we need buildings for digital art? 2013-07-19T09:29:51Z A disabled woman got a note shaming her yard. Their flight was canceled, so 13 strangers got in a van and drove 652 miles 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Tony Heaton, a sculptor and wheelchair user, said in a telephone interview on Thursday that problems occurred when museums did not properly consult disabled people. Is This the World’s Most Accessible Museum? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z It's a standard that relegates so many to the margins, including women who are infertile, disabled, transgender, or who choose a different path. Stop asking women when they're going to have kids 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Untouchable centres on the parallels between an able-bodied but socially disadvantaged carer and his disabled charge. Disability in film: is cinema finally moving with the times? 2012-11-12T12:25:57Z Some, like the disabled woman who ends each show, feel like conventional playlets, probably with scripts written down somewhere. Comedy gold – Whoopi Goldberg 2013-05-10T16:04:00Z She was interviewed by what appeared to be a disabled veteran in a wheelchair, who she assumes was Mr. Cohen in disguise. Sarah Palin Says She Was ‘Duped’ by Sacha Baron Cohen 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z But Kalinda’s testimony amounted to a few trivial exchanges heard through the disabled juror’s disordered senses, rendering the whole dramatic encounter between Geneva and her boss meaningless. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Alicia, the Scary Parent 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z "Rising Phoenix," which is now streaming on Netflix, traces the history of the Paralympic Games from its origin as a rehabilitation activity for disabled British World War II veterans, and is now a global event. Netflix's stunning new Paralympics doc "Rising Phoenix" erases stigma through visual elegance 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Any excess emotional energy would be better directed to helping them cope with the challenge of your disabled nephew rather than chastising them for their culpability in his condition. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The famous American show, Kennedy's Children, is re-imagined as Blair's Children at the Cockpit, which plays in tandem with Don't Wake Me, a love story about a mother and her disabled son. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-06-07T16:06:29Z These movements in hip-hop have appropriated disability expression without including disabled hip-hop artists. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Aside from new features like elevators, restrooms and enlarged door frames to accommodate disabled visitors, the museum now presents a chronological evolution of the sculptor’s life. 3 Museum Upgrades Worth Seeing in Paris 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z One scene, for example, helps to humanize Troy: Amid some terrible news that he delivers to Rose concerning his own behavior, we see him visiting his disabled brother, Gabriel, to help with his care. Letting the full force of August Wilson’s talent in, through ‘Fences’ 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z It was banned by radio stations, even though Dury was disabled himself. 2010-01-07T08:39:00Z Why, outside a handful of shows — among them “Switched at Birth,” “Breaking Bad,” “American Horror Story,” and “Speechless” — were visibly disabled actors largely absent from television? Heard the One About the Disabled Muslim Comic From Jersey? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Women writers, writers of color, queer writers and disabled writers are particular targets of vehemence and intrusion. The strange case of the undead writer 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z In one of the movie’s most off-color casting decisions, Will Sasso, from “MADtv,” plays the mentally disabled brother of one of the judges. “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” Which Is Finally Streaming, Is Possibly My Favorite Movie of All Time 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Operation Change In this new episode the team travels to a bustling metropolis in Malaysia, where they try to change the perception that disabled people are nothing more than a burden upon society. Monday's TV Highlights: 'Longmire' on A&E 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z In fact, the most forceful figure in Tom Littler's revival is the disabled priest. The Living Room – review 2013-03-13T18:17:36Z “I think getting disabled people writing, producing or directing is more important,” he says. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Keller became "a prolific writer, a peacemaker, a passionate advocate, not just for blind and disabled people, but for equal rights," Augusto said. NYC exhibit tells story of activist Helen Keller 2010-04-13T10:37:00Z Onyango, 28, was also shortlisted for his story “This Little Light of Mine,” written from the perspective of a recently disabled man attempting to cure his loneliness with online dating apps. The New Magazines and Journals Shaping Africa’s Literary Scene 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z Frustrated, Black posted on a forum on the official Burning Man website, but found that her post was quickly locked by site administrators, meaning the comments were disabled. Exclusive: Burning Man is supposed to be a safe space. Sexual assault survivors say it's not 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z "Experiencing great pain and often unable to control bladder and bowels, they are disabled and often shunned by society." Angelina Jolie urges U.N. Security Council to act on war zone rape 2013-06-24T16:59:04Z And these points are all magnified for women of color, disabled, and trans performers, who are given far less screen opportunities to play roles that allow them to be sexual and have desires. "Body Parts" examines the labor of movie nudity – the good, the bad and the merkins 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Younger women, older women, African Americans, Latinos, Arabs, the disabled and others are all thrown under the narrative bus for the cheapest of laughs. '108 Stitches' strikes out in nearly every way possible 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Since the entire study is an elevator, the owner could access his whole home, which makes the person who is disabled become the most empowered person. The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Tiny Tim is disabled, so Harrison wears a leg brace that thumps when he walks. Charles Dickens plays put local boys in the spotlight 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Abbie works in social care, which is fundamental to an ageing population, helping and supporting vulnerable, disabled, elderly people, but is very poorly paid. ‘It’s a form of modern slavery’: MPs on Ken Loach’s film about the human cost of the zero-hours economy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z “A movie buff being recognized by other movie buffs, that feels very dreamlike,” said Mr. Oswalt, a serious movie buff who is drawing accolades for playing a disabled loner opposite Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” The Carpetbagger: Possible Nominees Look Toward Oscars 2011-12-14T23:41:05Z "The fact is that people are touched by these great performers, regardless of whether they are disabled or poor," he said. Chinese man with no arms plays piano with toes 2010-08-27T12:19:00Z The books feature detective Cormoran Strike, a disabled veteran and the son of a rock star. J.K. Rowling reveals why she created alter ego Robert Galbraith 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In fact, soon after Ross left Saudi Arabia, the government sentenced to death Munir al-Adam, a disabled man who was arrested after he attended a protest meeting. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 2 of 2 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z But another part of the equation is giving actors rich and nuanced storylines that go beyond the three they usually get: “’You can’t love me because I’m disabled,’ ‘heal me’ or ‘kill me,’” said Zayid. Entertainers discuss disability representation in Hollywood 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z But for many of us, particularly writers of color, disabled writers, and LGBTQ+ writers, identity is how we've been labeled and understood and interpreted – how we've been ignored, slighted, ridiculed, swept aside. On cultural appropriation: A Latina novelist calls herself out amid the "American Dirt" controversy 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Robots are parents and companions; people who otherwise would be disabled are aided by robotic exoskeletons. Review | Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And because the state association hasn’t adopted accommodations for disabled athletes, she cannot qualify for the state finals. Paralyzed swimmer fights to compete at meet 2012-05-16T00:37:00Z It brags of workshops for the learning disabled and tours for the visually impaired. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z Streep built on that sentiment in her acceptance speech for the Cecil B DeMille award, condemning Trump’s mockery of a disabled reporter in a speech in 2015. Meryl Streep has hit on star-struck Trump’s big weakness 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z I have a wonderful and fulfilling job connecting low-income disabled people with resources to help ease their burdens. What Should I Do About My Rage? 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It made for a stunning display of kindness unusual not just for “Idol,” but for all of popular culture in matters of dealing with the severely disabled. Arts & Leisure Preview: Steven Tyler Escapes From Idolatry 2011-02-09T16:50:05Z The documentary, made by British channel ITV's "Tonight" program, reported cases of children being tied to beds and disabled children being neglected by overworked staff. No Ferguson extradition over Turkey film: UK source 2012-01-13T14:49:30Z "Not by Bread Alone," which runs through Feb. 3 at the Skirball Center at New York University, is more straightforward and even old-fashioned in presenting disabled performers. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Defying Expectations Off Broadway 2013-01-24T17:37:58Z Then there are en bloc blackouts, in which memory is totally disabled. My drinking years: ‘Everyone has blackouts, don’t they?’ 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Although the execution of intellectually disabled prisoners was banned by the US supreme court in 2002, Texas used the discretion allowed to individual states to come up with its own criteria of learning difficulties. John Steinbeck's son criticises Texas over use of fiction in death row cases 2012-08-08T12:58:29Z Only the disabled know that every minute, every scrap of time, is worth living, and our obligation as human beings is to demand every scrap of time for ourselves and others. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z People are dying again; people are dying still; people are being disabled in a mass disabling event — yet airline employees cheerfully encourage flyers to show their smiling, unmasked faces. Training children to attack school shooters is victim-blaming cowardice 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z New challenges continue to arise: The pandemic, Heumann, notes, has amplified the issues faced by many in the disabled community. She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Escalating his threats, the Bishop actually mailed pipe bombs to two victims, informing them that he had disabled the devices by not connecting a wire, according to prosecutors. Man called 'Bishop' mail bomber to defend self 2012-04-23T01:22:00Z The Lardner story he recites is boring, dated and mocking of women and the mentally disabled. John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Unlike most of the books on the list, this one is actually "about" being disabled. Alexandra Strick and Sean Stockdale's top 10 inclusive children's books 2013-07-19T15:20:03Z An Asian airline reportedly refused to let a disabled passenger board a flight because she was traveling alone. Passenger in wheelchair claims airline would not let her board because she was traveling alone 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z I play a woman who was severely disabled when alive, unable to walk or talk. A disability sex comedy 2014-03-18T09:12:23Z But what if disabled characters already had dignity? On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z My soul was screaming: You are about to do what the entire physically disabled population of the country — to say nothing of the world — wants to do! Don Juan in a wheelchair 2013-02-02T01:00:00Z Her oldest daughter has a rare genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome, which deprived her of the ability to speak, and seven years ago, Schiller’s husband suffered a bilateral stroke that left him severely disabled. Slime is everywhere. It’s everywhere. Slime is everywhere. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The film – ostensibly about a summer camp for disabled youngsters in the New York Catskills in 1971 with a vibe that’s been likened to Woodstock – charts the birth of America’s disability rights movement. Judith Heumann: 'Biden is committed to involving disabled people in his administration' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z He has compared his dog to developmentally disabled children. What Was Bill Maher’s Big Mistake? 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z What I say about the government's carelessness to the socially weak is more to the poor and disabled people who are on social welfare. "Plan 75": Dystopian film about euthanasia for elders fueled by "anger towards intolerant society" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z This hasn’t, of course, kept fiction writers from regularly using autistic and developmentally disabled narrators and protagonists in their work. In ‘Shtum,’ parents wreck their home to find a better one for their autistic son 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z In addition to advancing a for-us-by-us approach, Kinetic Light is part of a broader movement, led by disabled artists, that positions the needs of disabled people as sources of inspiration and innovation. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z I grew up with a disabled sister, so things at home were very stressful, and I had a history of anxiety and panic attacks. ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Will her lover abandon his wife and their daughter, who is profoundly developmentally disabled? Motherhood Meets Lust and Violence in Ariana Harwicz’s “Die, My Love” 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Some victims like Moore are so disabled that they are unable to work. Thousands treated for sexual abuse-related injuries in military 2013-05-20T11:49:00Z Bradley Cooper did some excellent, contorted work in “The Elephant Man,” but dreamboats playing disabled works better at the Oscars. The Tony Nominations: Kings, Queens, and Lesbian Cartoonists 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z In the late 1990s, when 26 developmentally disabled adults were found living in homeless shelters in Westchester, there was outrage. Generation B: Graying in a Home, Not an Institution 2010-04-16T00:05:00Z She unleashed a fiery speech that called out his mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the campaign — a performance that “sank its hooks into my heart” — and extolled the open borders of culture. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z A “disabled” person hands you a pack of tissues. 10 common travel scams — and how to avoid them 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Despite strong opposition from religious organizations and groups representing handicapped and disabled people, Oregon and Washington state legalized physician-assisted suicide in 1997 and 2008, respectively. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z Film-makers who choose to tell disabled stories need to consider how these narratives make disabled people feel about themselves. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The proposal generated 1,488 public comments, many of them calling the device unethical and immoral and a way to further marginalize a disabled population. An electric shock therapy stops self-harm among the autistic, but at what cost? 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z As she says: "I am not a disabled musician, I am a musician with a disability." One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z Many venues list their accessibility information online, and to a on the Attitude is Everything website, which is working with the music industry to improve disabled access to live music. Call to boost disabled gig access 2013-06-26T07:22:40Z They will meet on Wednesday with MPs and representatives from the industry to discuss ways to resolve the issues facing young, disabled music-lovers. 'Shambolic' ticketing systems spoiling live gigs for disabled people 2013-06-26T10:00:48Z While Interview’s creative team seems to believe that it is okay to use a wheelchair as a prop, many people who are actually disabled beg to differ. Dear Kylie Jenner, my wheelchair isn’t a prop: Stop playing dress-up games with my reality 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He will continue to work for the network, hosting entertainment specials and TeletonUSA, an annual telethon to raise money for disabled children. Univision's 'Sábado Gigante' Will End Its 53-Year Run on TV 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Now Bobby Farrelly has turned out his first solo feature, “Champions,” in which an ill-tempered basketball coach is court-ordered to supervise a team of intellectually disabled athletes. ‘Champions’ Review: Following the Playbook 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Two or more department heads — meaning jobs like director, cinematographer or composer — must be female, L.G.T.B.Q., disabled or part of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group. The Oscars’ New Diversity Rules Are Sweeping but Safe 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Like kids everywhere, she learned that good people are beautiful or, after some hardship, become beautiful, while wicked people are mad, scarred or disabled. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z He is severely intellectually disabled but learns that he may be a candidate for an experimental surgery to increase his intelligence. Daniel Keyes, author of the classic book ‘Flowers for Algernon,’ dies at 86 All six sets of toilets that are closing have disabled access and facilities for baby changing. Public sector cuts: where they will hit 2011-03-25T08:30:00Z Cavendish would become a lifelong advocate for the disabled, and the film’s tone is at times overly reverential. 'Breathe' Movie Review 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z A court-approved conservatorship, known in other states as a guardianship, is typically used to protect the elderly, the mentally disabled or the extremely ill. What Is Actually Happening With Britney Spears? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z “We’re committed to investing in one another so we can both be successful, and ultimately, we love each other so much,” said Ms. Brown, 30, a disabled Navy veteran. From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Now it was a home for developmentally disabled adults, and the director welcomed me into her office, phoned her university-student daughter to come translate, showed me the grounds and fed me lunch. A Walk From Vienna to Budapest 2010-05-22T02:41:00Z “For years, I did not think there was a place for people with visibly disabled bodies as performers and creators, and I discounted myself from the profession,” Yates said in a statement. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Live art has always been about breaking the rules, so it's particularly well positioned as a platform for disabled practitioners. Access All Areas: putting disability centre stage 2011-03-07T18:34:31Z Her nonprofit organization, which builds devices and modifications to help the disabled better communicate, accomplish tasks and feel comfortable, has constantly struggled for funding. The 2015 MacArthur ‘genius grants’ honor — and surprise — 24 fellows 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Prior to the premiere Billy Wayne tweeted a response to Palin’s accusation that he made fun disabled veterans. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Conway was referring to an incident last week in which a mentally disabled white man was tortured on Facebook Live by four black teens. Kellyanne Conway’s deflects bigly: “Why isn’t Meryl Streep talking about those Chicago teens instead?” 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z And, if not, or for the many people whose disability isn’t visible: when do I tell someone I’m disabled? Disabled dating on Tinder: ‘People ask if I can have sex’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Would it be better to close a library or an old people's home, a service for the disabled or mental health provision? 'Save our library' 2011-02-05T19:09:48Z Strict social distancing measures will be relaxed — like Saks’s decision to close off elevators to customers unless they are elderly, pregnant or disabled. Will Shopping Ever Be the Same? 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Spending £10m on such a divisive figure in times of austerity, especially when austerity is being imposed on the poor, is wrong, especially when harm is being caused to the disabled and the NHS. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z This is about kids from Cincinnati who died — kids from Cincinnati whose parents went through trauma; kids from Cincinnati who were disabled or hurt or damaged by what happened there,” Townshend said. Townshend regrets not staying to mourn after Who stampede 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Affected by cerebral palsy from an early age, he was profoundly disabled, with no recognisable speech, and throughout his life was a wheelchair user. Alan Martin obituary 2013-02-08T17:15:37Z As part of my research, I went to homes for the disabled, meeting disabled people and looking at various disabilities. Richard III: Shakespearean actors rake over the remains 2013-02-04T19:00:02Z But I know that I have never seen a sex scene with someone who is actually disabled, onscreen. Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z He sang for 100 disabled children at an Italian restaurant in Santa Monica. How Plácido Domingo taught L.A. to love opera 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Brilliant performer though Hawkins is, the casting of able-bodied actors as disabled characters is increasingly problematic. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “It’s not the disabled folks who need to learn anything,” Amara said. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Movies have tended to show disabled people as objects of pity or even comedy, a different breed whose condition subjects them to isolation. Disability in film: is cinema finally moving with the times? 2012-11-12T12:25:57Z Further trysts occur in dimly lit alleys and disabled toilets, while the old excuse that nobody need know and nobody will be hurt is applied; until the plot takes a viciously unexpected swerve. Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty – review 2013-06-08T08:31:01Z “These are people who are not getting any information. We are most concerned about residents who are homebound — disabled, with no car, or in a wheelchair. “ Dark water, darker times: Flint’s water crisis isn’t over — and Donald Trump isn’t likely to help 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z "Both presenters expressed deep concern to the film crew and I about using the disabled bays prior to filming, because of the disrespectful impression it would convey," said Wilman. Top Gear sorry for disabled parking row 2011-08-02T12:16:49Z A charitable organization, Rostok, helps them embark on normal lives after they are released from the orphanage for disabled children, where their parents placed them. This Week in Fiction: Ludmilla Petrushevskaya on Poverty and Fairy Tales 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z “I don’t understand what kind of a--hole people think that I must be to drag a disabled dog around,” he says. For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z At home, I am the all-consumed mother of a disabled child. Motherlode: Leaving (an Adult) Child for the First Time 2011-05-26T19:19:20Z “You get the occasional comment online, one of the most notable was: ‘Being disabled is cool and all, but you really should shave your armpits, it’s very unhygienic. ‘I feel liberated’: the women celebrating their body hair 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Kiely said it's certainly compelled him to look at his own sets going forward, with the goal of hiring more disabled talent. "Christmas Ever After": Ali Stroker hopes to give disabled girls a romantic heroine 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z For those without, he hopes that the work will urge self-inquiry about each person’s relationship to disability and the disabled. Four Rising Theater Stars to Watch This Spring 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z She wants to combat rampant unemployment among disabled people while also growing the workforce of DSPs, currently much too small to meet demand. This novel D.C. academy trains people with disabilities to provide paid support for others living with disabilities. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z It’s “important for parents of disabled people to have a voice,” another said, “but not louder than their sons and daughters speaking for themselves.” A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The likely Tory rejection means the Lib Dems will include their plans, which would also ensure that disabled people are exempt, in their general election manifesto. Nick Clegg accused of hypocrisy after U-turn on bedroom tax 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z When it comes to accessibility, it can feel like a gamble every time a disabled person like me leaves the house, including the simple act of trying to go to a film. What's so hard about making movies accessible? 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z It really was being disabled that I just felt so ashamed of from a really young age. A Dark Comedy About Being Disabled? He’s in on the Joke 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Also, somewhat related, but still: Please consider casting actual people with disabilities in roles where a character is disabled. Hollywood's "list of excuses is endless": Enabling bad behavior, from Bill Murray to Jeff Garlin 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He said he knew for a fact that the billionaire was in the habit of buying houses and giving them to disabled war veterans, a bit of charity he kept secret. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trump’s secret acts of kindness? Just imagine. 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z He found evidence that the playwright had visited organizations for disabled children but couldn’t find any other personal reasons that Willson may have had for writing about this issue. ‘The Music Man’ Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The brutal surgery left her permanently disabled and unable to care for herself. ‘Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter,’ by Kate Clifford Larson 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z A group show at the Good Luck Gallery in L.A.’s Chinatown showcases an array of intriguing works from the Disparate Minds initiative, bringing work by developmentally disabled adults into the broader dialogue about art. Essential Arts & Culture: Norton Simon keeps its Cranachs, Doug Aitken lands at MOCA, the power of 'Carré' 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z But Elizabeth Rossi, who herself is a disabled veteran of the Iraq War, told me that veterans often sell their rights to operate for free to others, rather than working carts themselves. A Dog Day Afternoon 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The inhabitants of Kasrilevke display few redeeming features: we see them mock the undertaker for harbouring ambitions for his son, torment a disabled child dubbed "the creature", and revel in others' misfortunes. Iram 2010-05-26T21:31:00Z Cons: No disabled access to the upstairs screen, tiny toilets, and just a short walk from the ugly end of New Street station. Cine-files: The Electric, Birmingham 2011-07-19T08:06:28Z In August, as we marvelled at the achievements of our Olympians and Paralympians, the Southbank Centre mounted Unlimited, a programme of commissions celebrating the achievements of deaf and disabled performers. The best dance of 2012: Luke Jennings's choice 2012-12-15T23:00:02Z I liked the way he pressed one academic on the medieval belief that a disabled baby was the result of the wrong kind of sex. Rewind radio: Disability: A New History; Book of the Week – review 2013-06-01T17:00:03Z "Through this movie, the fury of the people has brought a public consensus for stronger punishment so that children, disabled people, and women can be protected," author Gong Ji-young told Reuters. South Korea writer hopes hit film brings legal changes 2011-10-19T06:01:50Z The pandemic may add to the ranks of the disabled. What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z "Growing up as a kid with an older, disabled brother kind of colored the way he looked at things," close friend Susan Madsen said. Social worker leaves $11 million to children's charities upon death 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z "There were pregnant women, one of them was sleeping on the floor. There were people with small babies in here overnight. We saw disabled people on chairs. There were young children sleeping on the floor." Gatwick Airport shut down by mystery drones with tens of thousands of passengers engulfed in travel chaos 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The body is probably that of the “good Samaritan” who was killed after Mike disabled and robbed one of Hector’s trucks in Episode 9 of Season 2. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 8: ‘What Have I Done?’ 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Comments were disabled on YouTube, and Q. and A.s, usually full of excited attendees in cosplay asking earnest questions, were cut out. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Kiah Amara served as the production accessibility coordinator, a relatively new role in Hollywood that is generally filled by disabled professionals who consult on onscreen authenticity and how to accommodate crew members with disabilities. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And in the case of "Geek Love," he said, "Arty is one of the most vicious disabled villains I've run across." Katherine Dunn has died; the 'Geek Love' author once took the world by storm 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z I noticed there were a lot of disabled Black male singers and wanted to learn more about them. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z "However, if 3.7 million disabled people have never been online, and disabled people are three times less likely to use the internet, that has serious implications." Do we need buildings for digital art? 2013-07-19T09:29:51Z It upends the traditional image of Porgy, a disabled beggar, and the woman he loves, Bess, who has suffered from abuse and addiction. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z And its members take this position knowing— railing against—a society that compounds that difficulty by not supporting the disabled, by not even seeing them. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Schambelan was not blind or otherwise disabled but grew up close to a grandmother who was blind, and he often cited her as an inspiration. Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage, Dies at 75 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Whittington agrees: “We know how it feels to be disabled in our everyday life.” Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z In lieu of the lot, there’s now an 11-story residential tower, with 100 percent of the apartments subsidized, serving a mix of working and disabled tenants, many from the neighborhood. How to Build Affordable Housing in New York City 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z An ambitious, narcissistic cadre organises disabled villagers into a travelling freak show, raising money to buy Lenin's embalmed corpse and turn his county into a tourist destination. Chinese writers avoiding key issues amid censorship fears, says author 2013-02-06T13:11:00Z Nicholas Viselli, the artistic director of Theater Breaking Through Barriers, said audiences still feel uncomfortable watching disabled actors or characters onstage. ‘The Music Man’ Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z This is the second class of fellows in the program, which was established in 2020 as part of an effort to increase the visibility and elevate the voices of disabled artists. Ford and Mellon Foundations Announce 2022 Disability Futures Fellows 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z And the new Mad Max film saw the title character playing second fiddle to a disabled female desert warrior with a hatred for post-apocalyptic systemic misogyny. Would a gay relationship in Star Wars: Episode VIII be revolutionary? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z I wanted to share the loneliness of parenting a disabled child through the play, so other parents were comforted by the knowledge that they were not alone. The ballad of my son's struggle 2013-06-17T18:07:00Z Host: I think this is a no-brainer, if we cut the question down to its basic elements: You want to exclude your disabled in-law for being disabled. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: To summarize, you want to exclude her because she’s disabled? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Or, that Mrs. Roosevelt acted as her disabled husband’s eyes, ears and legs while he was in office. A New Exhibit on First Ladies Plays Down Their Fashion Choices 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Citizen hackers have appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, working on improvements to existing aids for sick and disabled people. Health hackers: the patients taking medical innovation into their own hands 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Well, for starters, we need books which simply include disabled children naturally in the landscape, alongside non-disabled peers. Alexandra Strick and Sean Stockdale's top 10 inclusive children's books 2013-07-19T15:20:03Z Recently we sent wheelchairs to a single father in Uganda for his two disabled daughters. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Putting on tailored performances for small groups of severely disabled children is not what many firms would consider financially viable. 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z He was initially assigned to a construction detail carrying large sacks of cement, leaving him with a permanently disabled shoulder. An Improbable Relic of Auschwitz: a Shofar That Defied the Nazis 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z "It can be hard to find the right tone to talk about this," he said, but made the point that freak shows gave some disabled people power and status in society. Rewind radio: Disability: A New History; Book of the Week – review 2013-06-01T17:00:03Z Although being a disabled woman is currently what my work is based on, I’m much more than a girl in a wheelchair. Disability and sex are not mutually exclusive 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic” is a darkly comic drama about how Jaakko navigates life as a disabled man in Finland, yet his disability isn’t his defining characteristic. ‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic’ Review: Just Like the Movies 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z I think quite a few disabled people have died since being pushed into jobs they're unsuitable for. Margaret Thatcher funeral: quotes of the day 2013-04-17T10:35:03Z There's only limited parking for the disabled but plenty of in Grasmere itself. Come and scribble on Wordsworth's walls - courtesy of the National Trust 2012-06-12T08:00:00Z "Listen to Black disabled women right now," Sami Schalk, author of "Black Disability Politics" wrote on Twitter. Chris Rock's history of Jada Pinkett Smith jokes, hair commentary and disability 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Burns’ goal is to raise $75,000 for Purple Heart Homes to help seven disabled service veterans ranging in age from 22 to 66 renovate their homes. Busch’s All-Star struggles continue at Charlotte 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Streep, who won Best Actress for her role in “Florence Foster Jenkins,” denounced Trump for ridiculing a disabled reporter during his presidential campaign. 2017 Golden Globes: Viola Davis, Hugh Laurie among celebrities who hit Donald Trump, Republicans during ceremony 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z One of the most emotional and frank parts of the film is when Brooker meets Lee, a fellow Arsenal supporter and recent paraplegic, and the pair talk of their concerns about being disabled dads. 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “The people in Hong Kong think that as disabled people, we can do nothing to contribute to the betterment of society,” Luk said. 'Why is the road broken?' Sightless Hong Kongers live city of protest by sound 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z She discovered that many factory-farmed animals are disabled in one way or another. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z First, the messages she has received from the mothers of disabled children, who love Ruby as much as she does. Life's better with Retta: How TV's 'treat yo self' queen conquered comedy 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Online ordering and curbside pickup programs would help save disabled people energy and physical effort. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Though they all have excellent moments, the admirably diverse casting only underlines for me the problem of a Richard who is not disabled. Review: Danai Gurira Makes a Sleek Supervillain of Richard III 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The series’s overarching joke “is on people who aren’t disabled, and how they view disabled people,” he recently told The Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Special’ 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z She advocates for equal access and disabled rights, and loves it when she sees disabled fans in the theater, but she hopes her talent gets attention, too. Tony nominee Ali Stroker keeps on breaking Broadway barriers 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z However, my perspective as a disabled person is actually a bit different. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The Yale School of Drama recently teamed up with the Ruderman Family Foundation to provide an annual scholarship for a disabled actor. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z It's apparently down to semantics – the difference between laughing at someone disabled, and laughing about disability. Getting a laugh out of disability 2010-04-28T12:00:00Z He advocated for design addressing the needs of the poor, disabled, elderly and other underserved communities. Designs for real people's real problems showcased in group show at the Armory 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z He can’t lead Edith to a life as a nurse to an older, disabled man, even though she wants to be with him. Downton Abbey Watch: Wish Him Well and Let Him Go 2013-01-14T13:00:43Z The very scheme that was designed to broaden access excluded disabled theatregoers. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z But not all teachers have this level of experience, or the time required to give high-level individual focus to disabled students. Disabled — and handcuffed at school 2012-05-23T15:05:00Z A disabled boxer is discriminated against because of his titanium hands. Television Review: Where Sports News Is Irreverent, and Scores Irrelevant 2011-01-10T22:14:35Z Tate Modern isn't the only cultural powerhouse to treat its disabled visitors differently. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z And articulating accessibility options on marketing materials would ensure that disabled people know they can utilize these services. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z It's a nonprofit organization that provides important support to disabled veterans and their family members. Army-Navy football game will feature a unique flag memorial to 7,000 fallen soldiers 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “It was a 600-acre farm, and I grew up with 17 people in my house — mentally disabled children and adults,” Mr. Rasch said. Rethinking the In-Law Apartment as a Sunny Barn 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z It takes a person who is going to help the disabled person even if it means personal inconvenience and sacrifice. For the Disabled Traveler, Strategies for a Successful Trip 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z In this educational landscape, it’s hard for disabled students to learn, let alone realize their full potential. Cooperative banking has arrived 2012-05-24T12:30:00Z Writer Laura Summers drew on her own experiences of raising a disabled child for her debut novel Desperate Measures. 2010-01-14T08:19:00Z They accepted women and men, African Americans and whites, the disabled and the able-bodied into the training programs. 300 volunteers for African American museum: ‘We’re ready.’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Howard A. Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, said the Oscars show that “excellence lies in taking on a different persona to convincingly and powerfully convey a story rather than acting disabled.” Oscar wins for ‘CODA’ bring tears, elation to Deaf community 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z She also quotes from and analyzes passages from her earliest medical files, discovering in the ways doctors described her condition deeply inscribed attitudes about the limited possibilities of a disabled life. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Bad Cripple said I didn’t understand the threat to the disabled because I wasn’t disabled. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z "There were pregnant women. One of them was sleeping on the floor. There were people with small babies in here overnight. We saw disabled people on chairs. There were young children sleeping on the floor." Holiday chaos as drones shut London's Gatwick Airport 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The belief that every disabled person who does something brilliantly is "inspirational" is strangely prevalent on television, as is the belief that this is somehow a compliment. Is The Voice winner Andrea Begley really an 'inspiration'? 2013-06-25T14:03:18Z This has led to a demand for an apology from the "30 Rock" star by a group promoting the rights of the mentally and physically disabled. Tracy Morgan's latest jokes offend the disabled 2011-06-30T16:39:09Z “If I had a basic income, I could invest a lot more into supporting my younger sister, who is disabled,” she says. Is Finland’s basic universal income a solution to automation, fewer jobs and lower wages? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Mostly, he is in real estate — a conscienceless mortgage-holder and landlord who cackles with joy at evicting the elderly, indigent and disabled from his properties. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Who’s a bigger baddie: Snidely Whiplash or President Trump? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Pregnancy is specifically not covered under the Americans With Disabilities Act, which requires that employers provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees who need them to do their jobs. Motherlode Blog: Protection for Pregnant Workers 2012-05-08T12:15:31Z By contrast, wolfy Jacob lives in a tiny hut in the woods with his disabled dad and rides a motorbike rescued from the scrapyard. Twilight: what have we learned? 2012-11-17T00:05:00Z “Obviously, he’s playing a character, but it’s making sure that it feels authentic and true to his experience as a disabled actor,” Nunn said. ‘Sex Education’ Gets More Inclusive in Its Intimacy 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z What takes on even more significance is Stroker herself, a disabled woman whose character is presented as confident, ambitious, and desirable. "Christmas Ever After": Ali Stroker hopes to give disabled girls a romantic heroine 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z It's never an easy time to be a disabled horror fan. "Orphan: First Kill" horror homages, from the ribbon around the neck to that knowing bird 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z "I felt that if I had chosen a slightly disabled actor to portray a very severely disabled person it would have potentially amounted to tokenism," Lewin explains. Let's talk about sex 2013-01-18T07:55:33Z It probably helped that a Japanese co-star, pop icon Rihanna and a disabled veteran helped the American hero save Earth from outer-space invaders. After foreign haul, 'Battleship' faces choppy seas 2012-05-04T18:35:09Z "I'm in pain," describes Hana C., an ICU nurse disabled by several autoimmune conditions in the southwest. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Keller was constantly pushing for more and better programs, products and technologies for the disabled. NYC exhibit tells story of activist Helen Keller 2010-04-13T10:37:00Z After all, someone who is disabled, by definition, needs to handle that disablement to succeed. Is The Voice winner Andrea Begley really an 'inspiration'? 2013-06-25T14:03:18Z “The training necessary for sustained careers in the arts is often not accessible to the disabled community.” Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The word by itself isn't offensive just like the word "disabled" isn't offensive. Against the bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The beer conglomerate used the event to help promote one of its favored charities, Folds of Honor, a scholarship fund for relatives of fallen or disabled service members. Washington is more polarized than ever — but the bipartisan party scene rages on 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z She’s disabled and alone now, so I need a quick way to get to her. My compulsion to please: Polyamory, hunger and the neediness of denying what you want 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z In some stage adaptations, Tiny Tim is healed by Scrooge’s generosity — he no longer limps or uses a crutch — a resolution that advocates for the disabled say is unrealistic and problematic. Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Winter’s story of rehabilitation has become an inspiration for disabled people around the world and the aquarium has received thousands of messages of support since Winter’s illness became known. Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z This Congolese band of buskers consists of disabled musicians and street children, who were discovered in 2005 living in poverty in the grounds of Kinshasa zoo. Staff Benda Bilili at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-27T19:51:00Z Several dearly maintained social conventions are up for grabs, including the one that tells us not to laugh at disabled people, and the one that assures us we're more civilised than, say, the Tudors. All the King's Fools: 'Disability is deep in comedy's DNA' 2011-02-24T10:18:28Z "Maybe it was disabled people who messed it up?" Michael Holden's All ears 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z “I know every disabled bathroom in every German football stadium,” he said. He Knows the Stars’ Dirty Laundry. Because He Washes It. 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “It’s not how disabled I can make John but how human can I make John,” he said. Meet Four Theater Artists to Watch This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The disabled are, arguably, the largest minority in America, its 56.7 million members constituting nearly 20 percent of the population, according to the 2010 Census. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In one year alone, 27% of domestic violence offenses were committed against disabled women. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Since 2007, the organization "has carried forth this singular, noble mission: to provide educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service members," it explains on its website. Folds of Honor CEO on 'Fox & Friends': Military families are getting help this holiday season 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z His first gig in front of a live audience was working “disabled puppets” in an ensemble called the Kids on the Block. Jon Stewart, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien and the behind-the-scenes secrets of comedy’s ’90s glory days 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Do we want the people of this country to treat disabled children the way Frankie Boyle treats them? Jim Carrey takes aim at NRA – and Rowan Atkinson's brother isn't amused 2013-03-26T17:02:03Z Beginning in April, all new BBC television commissions will have to meet a target requiring 20 percent of jobs offscreen to be filled by people of color, disabled people or those from lower socioeconomic groups. The Former Youth TV Star on a Mission to Transform the BBC 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Bumbershoot will not offer discounts to seniors or disabled patrons this year. New 'Bumbershoot Lite' ticket offered for recession-era festival 2010-04-14T16:36:00Z Like me, they are fed up with people who presume to speak for the disabled. John Callahan, Cartoonist, Dies at 59 2010-07-28T04:18:00Z She cited “rot” as her “favorite subject” but also told Poets & Writers magazine that she had “never been interested in being a ‘disabled poet.’ Lucia Perillo, poet who unflinchingly dissected mortality, dies at 58 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Last month, a study by the disability charity Scope found that as many as one in eight members of the public hardly ever or never think of disabled people “as the same as everyone else”. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z After recording but before release, Green's mother died; she had been disabled by a car crash two years earlier and, as Green sees it, let go of life after tiring of immobility. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z They had to haul the disabled truck the rest of the way up the mountain to a kind of fort operated by Afghan security forces. Serial recap – season two, episode six: five o'clock shadow 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z One twin dying in utero and the pregnancy continuing for weeks or months, ending with one stillborn and one live child, profoundly disabled. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z That earned some ridicule this winter when CNN applied the concept to the story of a disabled cruise ship where bathrooms didn't function for five days. Morning show is latest CNN change under Zucker 2013-06-15T15:37:08Z "The law in England and Wales remains unchanged, with the Court recognizing that it exists to protect vulnerable, elderly and disabled people," said Andrew Fergusson, spokesman for a group called Care Not Killing. Three European courts grapple with end-of-life dilemmas 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z After his operation, her outreach expanded to the broader community of the disabled and their caregivers. Judy Woodruff on how her son with disabilities changed her view of health care 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z A three-wheeled version with a reclined frame lets disabled beachgoers float in the surf. These Wheels Can Handle Sand and Surf. Grab the Sunscreen. 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Her mother is the federal housing administrator for the team providing housing support for older adults and disabled people at the Bourne Housing Authority. Kaitlyn Stuck, Jacob Gordon 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z When the roles are available, producers, directors and casting directors may have to search harder for disabled actors. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z The formative event in the composer Allen Shawn’s life happened when he was 8 years old: His twin sister, Mary, who was mentally disabled, was sent away, abruptly disappearing from his daily life. Books of The Times: Twin Alone, Disconnected but Not Lost 2011-01-09T22:53:24Z Station doubles as a metronome if commentary is disabled. Style Invitational Week 1102: Let’s get Sirius: Think up a new radio channel 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Now, with her two children and a disabled father-in-law, she struggles to keep the family going. ‘Hive’ Review: In the Aftermath of War, a Survivor Finds Herself 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The back story of these moments is uplift and then some: the core band members are middle-aged and disabled by polio, performing from wheelchairs and on crutches. | 'Benda Bilili!': ?Benda Bilili!? Chronicles an Unusual Band - Review 2011-09-30T00:21:21Z We need to gently familiarise people with the 'social model' of disability, which explains that people are only disabled by society and its attitudes, not by the impairments. Alexandra Strick and Sean Stockdale's top 10 inclusive children's books 2013-07-19T15:20:03Z There is great fear especially among disabled organizations like Not Dead Yet. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z The messages show the governor and key aides mocking women, the disabled and Hurricane Maria victims. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins rally against Puerto Rico governor 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z “I think ‘gay and disabled’ was a concept people couldn’t wrap their heads around in 2015,” he says. Flawed, foul-mouthed and funny: how cerebral palsy became TV comedy gold 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Boulay has this encouraging idea that "the human body is like plastic", and that just as we can become disabled, we can "unbecome" disabled. Design for knife: can cutlery cure disability? 2012-06-18T15:10:06Z Studios often cite the need to cast famous actors to make a movie bankable, but there aren’t many well-known disabled actors. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In combing through that, did you learn anything interesting or detect themes in how the media talks about disabled athletes? "I'm still flip-flopping" on Oscar Pistorius' guilt or innocence, says "30 for 30" director 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z “We had grown men crying. Families with disabled children. They don’t have a safety net. We are literally trying to hold society together.” Restaurant Workers Get a Final Paycheck and a Meal From Their Peers 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z And organizations can create programs where volunteers pick up or drop off items to disabled people in their neighborhoods. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z In Alabama, for example, the state decided learning disabled people were not eligible for ventilators that were under ration; but the Office of Civil Rights ruled this violated the ADA and the decision was reversed. Judith Heumann: 'Biden is committed to involving disabled people in his administration' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Rarely are filmgoers asked to follow a visibly disabled heroine on a romantic journey pulsing with passion. Disabling the male gaze: “Longing” to be objectified won’t help shatter narrow beauty standards 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z There were plenty of disabled characters in fairy tales — objects of villainy, comedy or pity — but no one she wanted to identify with looked like her or moved like her. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Disability rights advocates said the whole matter could have been avoided if more disabled people were in the entertainment industry, be it in front of the camera or behind the scenes. Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z There is little evidence of that so far, and some venues say they will continue to include disabled people, but the real effect of venues’ reduced budgets won’t become clear for months. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z In his standup act in New York last weekend, Morgan mocked the mentally disabled, according to The New York Times. Tracy Morgan's latest jokes offend the disabled 2011-06-30T16:39:09Z Those alarms are disabled if the ship's course is manually altered, he said. Couple missing after cruise ship capsizes 2012-01-16T19:46:00Z The museum consulted extensively with disabled people, but also people with autism and mental health conditions, while designing the show. Is This the World’s Most Accessible Museum? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Well, I lie down a lot, because I’m disabled. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Eladio, bright and well-read, cares deeply about the disabled young man whose parents pay him, but he’s knows that he’s both “indispensable” and as replaceable as a “Hefty bag.” Review: ‘In Treatment’ Thinks You Could Use a Session, America 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z An African-American from Mobile, Ala., Je’ Woodyard remembers seeing similarities in the treatment of blacks in the South and the shunning of the disabled. ‘Crip Camp’ Review: After Those Summers, Nothing Was the Same 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The message boards will be permanently disabled on 20 February, following a two-week transition period. IMDb shuts down its message boards 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Footage of Mr. Trump mocking a disabled reporter played over and over. Boos, Cheers and Talk Therapy for the Democrats in Philadelphia 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Many depictions of disabled characters are outdated, incorrect, and far from the reality of living with a physical, sensory, or intellectual impairment. Left out: the authors who know disability from inside 2013-07-11T10:55:47Z When co-pilot Chesley Sullenberger guided an Airbus A320 on to the Hudson River after both of its engines had been disabled by a flock of geese, he was instantly and justly hailed as a hero. TV highlights 04/08/2011 2011-08-03T20:59:01Z Beginning in 1969 and continuing through the last two years of her life, Diane Arbus traveled regularly by bus to New Jersey to photograph people at residences for the developmentally and intellectually disabled. Arbus, Untitled and Unearthly 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Jobs are scarce, she’s middle-aged, bills are mounting, her severely disabled daughter needs constant tending. ‘Good People’ portrays the haves and have-nots 2013-03-16T16:53:55Z The fellowship provides 20 disabled U.S. artists, filmmakers and journalists with unrestricted $50,000 grants administered by the arts funding group United States Artists. Ford and Mellon Foundations Announce 2022 Disability Futures Fellows 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z My comedian habit was trigged after a breakup with a man juggling problems that ranked high on the darkness spectrum — a suicidal ex-wife, a disabled child, alcoholism. I was a comedy groupie 2013-03-11T00:30:00Z What is his view: that disabled parts should go to disabled actors? Peter Gallagher: 'One of the most toxic things in the world is success' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The accountant who began oboe lessons to connect with her severely disabled daughter. The ‘Campers’ of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 2012-07-15T06:43:04Z But a disabled woman speaking about her experience is still a truth too uncomfortable for most people to hear, especially those who are abled. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z After Leo’s car becomes disabled, the group is forced to make their way on foot through the mean streets to the safe home of Eva’s employer. Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Though everyone is welcome in the audience, the group’s art is intended specifically for disabled people. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Though Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 of the bill, designed to protect the disabled from the discrimination, went largely unenforced. From make-out sessions to sit-ins, ‘Crip Camp’ hails a generation of disabled campers who grew into activists 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z It was the runway debut of Aaron Philip, the first Black, transgender, disabled model to be represented by a major modeling agency. Willie Norris Has Some Words For Us 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The most recent government audit, in 2014, said disabled access on the UK high street, from entrances to changing rooms, was “shocking” – but at least the issue is discussed. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The novel ends with Charlie in a home for the mentally disabled, unaware of his former intellectual flights. Daniel Keyes, a Novelist of the Mind, Dies at 86 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z These grandparents are bringing toddlers to doctors’ appointments, supervising homework, chores and playdates – much like Reba Sr, who is disabled and uses a walker to get around. Parents again: the growing number of Americans raising their grandkids 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z If history is a guide, one of the surest ways to get an Oscar is by being a nondisabled person playing a disabled character. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z He also hosted a weekly magazine show for NPR aimed at the disabled called “Connection.” Ed Walker, WAMU personality who burnished radio’s golden age, dies at 83 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The Department of Transportation stipulates that disabled passengers who need additional time or assistance to board the airplane must be allowed to board first. Embarrassing, Uncomfortable and Risky: What Flying Is Like for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z "Station Eleven" is not kind to disabled people like me. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Starting in 1982, she taught dance to thousands of disabled Southern California children through her nonprofit dance company. Woman killed by 2 vehicles in LA was ballet dancer 2012-02-14T08:31:05Z He said he donates the money he makes from these endeavors to local charities, including Opportunity Village, which helps developmentally disabled people, and Keep Memory Alive, which focuses on brain disease. Scene Stealers: Robin Leach Rolls on in Las Vegas 2014-04-18T19:22:28Z There is a sense of slow change as disabled people fight back with their own brands of humour. Disability can be funny – just get disabled people to make the jokes 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Considering that 27% of adults in the U.S. identify as having some type of disability, it is astonishing that disabled characters are not featured more prominently in films and TV series. From "Only Murders" to "Sex Lives," disability onscreen is improving but "still not enough" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z For all its praise, "The Last of Us," for example, has failed to introduce a disabled character not just to kill them. In "The Mandalorian," I can finally find a portrait of youthful disability and acceptance 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z When she read about the fox, she was coming into political consciousness as a disabled person. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z In this educational landscape it’s hard for disabled students to learn, let alone realize their full potential. Disabled — and handcuffed at school 2012-05-23T15:05:00Z Aiden Pearce, you just disabled a helicopter with your phone, raced your car underneath a highway overpass and leapt over a raised bridge. ‘Watch Dogs,’ an Adventure Game From Ubisoft 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z And she was a major factor in the Department of Labor's recent decision to extend federal minimum wage and overtime protections to those who care for the disabled and elderly. Meet MacArthur's new 'genius grant' winners 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But the fact is, disabled people are much more likely to live in poverty than non-disabled people for a combination of reasons: We're passed over for jobs. Is "CODA" the "Green Book" of films about deaf people? 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z It is of course worse for women of color, transgender women, disabled women, queer women and Muslim women. This “bitch” won’t shut up: Sexist attacks on outspoken women are a problem for men to fix, too 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The work of building and adapting homes for disabled veterans continues with one of my favorite organizations, Homes For Our Troops. Perspective | Ask Amy: This year, those that have — should give 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Disability advocates, those who are disabled and others had expressed concern and disappointment about the original lyric. Lizzo listened and changed an ableist lyric. Will it be enough for white critics? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “They may choose not to disclose it to anybody — it’s still very unsafe in the industry to be disabled,” Amara said. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And then it became obvious that the disabled toilets were in fact the examining room and he was coming in with me. Ten airport horror stories that will make you never want to fly again 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z I was simply saying that I couldn’t see how legalizing aid in dying countered or curtailed the rights of the disabled. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z We're developing a show, a scripted show with Apple right now that is a deep dive and look at the disabled community. Ramy Youssef on highlighting anti-Blackness: "The conversation about race in America is very binary" 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Officers with guns in schools also increase the danger for students of color and disabled students. When gun violence came to my school, the district added even more guns 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Brash and feisty, proud and luckless, Margaret toils in a dollar store, a job that barely keeps her and a disabled daughter afloat. Playwright’s working-class roots inspired Seattle Rep’s ‘Good People’ 2013-03-07T20:19:42Z Currently, the requirements only apply to adults under 50 without dependents who aren't disabled. Proposed SNAP work requirements target many low-income people who already work 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z A series of dumb jokes spray-painted on walls, the 2010 D.C. show “Potty-trained at Gunpoint” featuring disabled security cameras mounted like hunting trophies. Growing older without growing up: Graffiti artist Borf 10 years later 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z High up on the long list of ignominious behaviour was the contempt he displayed for people with disabilities in his mocking of a disabled reporter, captured on video. Why do one in seven US citizens still have to fight to vote? | Mary O’Hara 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Assisting disabled friends and loved ones can make an immediate positive impact on their quality of life and help to deepen their environmental commitment. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z I work in a place for disabled people, where most co-workers are women. Perspective | Ask Amy: Man wonders why co-workers sexually harass him 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z “It would be really nice if people would treat the equipment as something that is very vital and very much needed by the disabled passengers,” Dodson said. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The work also continues his exploration of another ongoing focus, which is the physicality and social stigmas attached to disabled bodies. 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Artists looking to resume their careers readily identified themselves as POWs, refugees, bombing victims, disabled soldiers and widows, many facing housing and food insecurity. When Classical Music Was an Alibi 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z I felt validated as a woman, rather than a disabled woman.” ‘No one expects people with disabilities to have a family’ 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z He lives on the brink of terror, and in this Clanchy creates a subtle affinity between the disabled husband and his beautiful trophy wife. Meeting the English by Kate Clanchy – review 2013-04-25T06:30:01Z The movie becomes an exploration of why, exactly, life is worth living, told through the stories of four suicidal people, including Collette’s single mother of a disabled child. Toni Collette: Hollywood’s gender imbalance is a grave problem 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Food, it said, was excluded from state laws regulating specialized licenses for disabled veterans. Putting the Cart Before the Art 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The organization points out that these practices appear to disproportionately target disabled students and can be fatal in some cases. Cooperative banking has arrived 2012-05-24T12:30:00Z From the moment he switched Don Hector Salamanca's heart medication, leaving him disabled instead of dead, Nacho was living on borrowed time. "Better Call Saul" star on playing "the only character breaking good when everybody's breaking bad" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Many people disabled by chronic illness live with consistently limited energy. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Laundry Boy at Millfield Arts Centre tonight and then at Oxford Playhouse next week is a new piece by Face Front, a company that includes able-bodied as well as disabled performers. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2011-03-18T18:48:25Z I've been a clown myself, and insulting disabled people is never funny. Rant & Rave: Conventioneers like our unconventional kindness 2011-08-03T21:40:05Z When Wallace-Griner posted photos and videos of Ruby Sue to Safe in Austin’s social media pages, a pet supply company specializing in manufacturing equipment for disabled pets reached out and offered her a custom wheelchair. This Texas farm connects special-needs kids with injured animals: ‘They’re just like me’ 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z The exhibition portrays the Nazis' dual approach of making the German masses feel included in their movement while excluding those who they had identified as enemies, such as Jews, Gypsies, gays and the disabled. German Jewish leader welcomes Hitler exhibition 2010-10-15T13:18:00Z Rodney Smith Jr. provides free lawn mowing services for the elderly, disabled, single mothers and veterans. Man mows lawns for veterans in all 50 states, with a little help from Delta Air Lines 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Living with pain … Flannery O'Connor pictured on crutches in the 1950s when she was disabled by lupus. Reading group: strange bodies in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 2012-12-19T11:36:00Z The point about these films is not that they feature disabled protagonists, but the way the films treat the characters. Disability in film: is cinema finally moving with the times? 2012-11-12T12:25:57Z Marsh is 57, and when we meet in a cafe near his London home, he tells me that, following a nervous breakdown five years ago, he is now disabled and unable to work. 'I haven’t seen a healthy version of marriage': children of divorce on the lasting impact 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z If anyone is built for surviving apocalypse, it's the disabled people who have been living it already. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z His triumph came in 1968 with his Academy Award performance in "Charly," as a mentally disabled man who undergoes medical treatment that makes him a genius - until a poignant regression to his former state. Oscar winner Cliff Robertson dies in NY at 88 2011-09-11T01:24:13Z Though he has lost both his parents, Considine speaks effusively about his mother, who inspired an extraordinary scene in Tyrannosaur in which the usually taciturn Joseph describes his disabled ex-wife. Paddy Considine: 'I'm trying to make sense of a lot of things' 2011-02-03T23:00:01Z The play gives audiences the chance to see Radcliffe in yet another new light, as Billy, a disabled orphan in 1930s Ireland who harbors an unlikely dream of Hollywood stardom. Daniel Radcliffe returns to London stage 2013-03-11T10:06:11Z The pigeons and their metal support rods roll around in the bowl, the rods flailing like disabled legs, trying fruitlessly to escape. 'Deer Rear' and other unnerving looks at the nature of trickery 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Mark can be seen as a disabled hero, like a legless man who invents a better wheelchair, or a tragically flawed king, like Superman with a Kryptonite chip embedded in his brain. 'The Social Network': A Pie in the Facebook 2010-09-24T18:50:00Z About 20 percent of the hubcaps in the collection were supplied by amateurs, from disabled veterans to prison inmates to people with Down syndrome and autism. Hubcaps as canvas: Artists turn junk into jewels 2011-06-01T12:01:05Z When it opened the first Stratford festival in 1953, no one blinked at having Alec Guinness, who was not disabled, play a king who famously was. Blame Canada (or at Least Ontario) for a Wealth of Smart Revivals 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z On Monday, gate admission is free to all active, retired and reserve military and their dependents, plus disabled veterans with a valid military ID. Puyallup Fair talent ? from Trace Adkins to Flaming Lips 2011-09-15T19:24:06Z But where many food programs offer discounts to seniors, few do the same for disabled people who could become regular consumers of local goods and contributors to sustainability conversations if offered a little financial aid. Where food sustainability and disability clash 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The far far away galaxy of "Star Wars" is no stranger to disability and to disabled characters, but as is too common in fiction, most of them are villains, like Darth Vader. In "The Mandalorian," I can finally find a portrait of youthful disability and acceptance 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z But not all teachers have this level of experience or the time required to give high-level individual focus to disabled students. Cooperative banking has arrived 2012-05-24T12:30:00Z The statement added that, for award organizers, “Black, brown, working class, disabled, queer bodies are desirable, quickly dispensable, but never sustainably cared for.” Still Fighting Over the Turner Prize 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Our Voices Our Stories Issues faced by women, urban youth and the disabled are explored in monologues, music and dance. L.A. theater openings, July 19-26: 'El Grande Circus de Coca-Cola' and more 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Maybe he's just a hard-working father who decided to take a job working for a baddie because he hasn't been able to afford vital medical care for his disabled daughter ever since his wife died. The Expendables: acting their age 2010-07-07T09:18:00Z Instead, she began photographing people who could not return her probing, empathetic gaze: the intellectually disabled, the blind, the oblivious passer-by. How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’ 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z American expected its systems to be disabled for a few days while the loyalty programs are combined. The American Airlines, US Airways merger ain’t over till it’s over 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z I was too overcome to tell him that he was a disabled 10-year-old boy's role model. Readers react: Why Tarzan is the real-life hero that young boys need 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z And I haven’t mentioned the other half-dozen players who are on the disabled list. Nationals bench players get the team through tough times 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z He dedicated his win to the deaf and disabled communities. Onstage Slap Rattles Oscars, Before ‘CODA’ Triumphs 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Finally, in 2009, a disabled cousin moved into a small housing complex for the disabled and elderly around the corner from the Greensboro school where their sister, Roni Bryant, is the assistant principal. At Home With Beverly McIver: At Home With the Artist Beverly McIver 2012-02-08T23:47:19Z “I wanted to challenge myself to figure out how I could make a greater impact on the disabled community beyond me just talking in front of a camera,” Ms. Spencer said. Lauren Spencer Is a Sex-Positive Disability Influencer 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Hawkes says the film is "provocative" and has "a lot of heart" Was it too difficult to find a disabled actor for the part? Let's talk about sex 2013-01-18T07:55:33Z If one was disabled or disfigured, the assumption went that you were weak or evil. Tyrion Lannister is Richard III 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z So the frozen garden led to his recent acid-trip garden paintings, and the sculptures of disabled people led to those we are looking at today. Just don't call it a freak show 2010-04-30T23:07:00Z But disabled artists have already taken on their inequities and injustices. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Those objecting to the opera, which recounts the murder of a disabled Jewish American passenger by Palestinian hijackers on the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985, claim it is anti-Semitic and glorifies terrorists. The (controversial) ‘Klinghoffer’ show will go on at The Met 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Still, he made an earnest and emotionally grounded Porgy, a kindly, disabled beggar, and won a rousing ovation. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s a historic early employer of Black people, women, veterans and the disabled. Trump, beware: Americans have a deep, enduring love for the Postal Service 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z "Making her cry & fear him made him feel good. He would remind her that she'd be homeless without him and make fun of her learning disabled family member." Marilyn Manson says Evan Rachel Wood's abuse allegations are "horrible distortions of reality" 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z My job includes fighting every day for equal opportunities for people of color, women, youth, the elderly, the disabled - pretty much everyone who traditionally lacks power. ‘I Feel Pretty’ and the Rise of Beauty-Standard Denialism 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z But since the pandemic, immunocompromised, high-risk and disabled people have been more confined to their homes, unable to reach out safely or to get help. William Hurt and the silent epidemic of abuse 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Not only does this belie a point he makes elsewhere in the book — that disabled singles with financial means clearly have an advantage — he contradicts his own theory that parents with bad attitudes cause loneliness. Review | The perils and pleasures of inter-abled romance 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z But she cautions against people ascribing a disability to a character who is not disabled. From "Only Murders" to "Sex Lives," disability onscreen is improving but "still not enough" 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Wells, who is disabled and takes non-gendered pronouns, objects to the idea that small vendors on other sites should be “expected to meet Prime delivery expectations.” Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost) 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z I find it sickening, pun intended, that every single day disabled Americans' access to health care is under siege. "Don't hang out with mean people": One comic's mission to fight sexist, racist, and ableist trolls 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z He identified as a disabled person, and wrote for a theater company that champions people with disabilities. Harry Potter Brought Him to Broadway. Now His Work is Everywhere. 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Typically, the disabled characters are limited to four types: the "magical cripple," the "evil cripple," the "inspirational cripple" and the "redemptive cripple." On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Dell Williams solved that particular problem by commissioning nonrepresentational silicone devices with names like “Venus Rising” from Gosnell Duncan, the man who made prosthetics for the disabled. The Sex Toy Shops That Switched On a Feminist Revolution 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z On TV and in movies, disabled actors are also being cast in roles of disabled characters. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z In one scene, a wheelchair runs over a Donald Trump mask, an apparent reference to Trump’s alleged mocking of a disabled reporter. More on Jussie Smollett, a child actor who rose to stardom 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The Oscar frontrunner The Shape of Water is being hailed as a breakthrough in the cinematic presentation of disabled characters. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “Stolen valor” was also referenced by the conservative pundit and former congressman Joe Walsh, who was also duped by Baron Cohen and claimed that the comedian was mocking disabled war veterans. Sacha Baron Cohen channel defends Who Is America? against claims of mocking veterans 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Some of these participants became physically disabled very recently, in an explosion that rocked the city in August. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The customer was an elderly, disabled man who had just gotten out of the hospital. Taco Bell employees praised for helping stranded disabled customer 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Lived experience plays a large role in the work of the composer Megan Steinberg, which places neurodiverse and disabled practitioners in all aspects of the creative process. When Technology Makes Music More Accessible 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In this moment that the three of them share, Harold’s belligerence is briefly disabled, and there is pathos in the woundedness of their little family. Review: Toxic Masculinity, Vonnegut Style, in ‘Happy Birthday, Wanda June’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z They also killed about 5 million Gypsies, Poles, Catholics, communists, disabled people and others they didn’t like. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation The story of a mentally disabled man who followed in a test mouse's footsteps to become a genius, only to later lose his mental powers, struck a chord. 'Flowers for Algernon' author Daniel Keyes dies at 86 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z She said that Baron Cohen had “heavily disguised himself as a disabled US veteran, fake wheelchair and all” for the interview. 'Evil, exploitative and sick': Sarah Palin duped by Sacha Baron Cohen for new series 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z I’m not saying the struggle of disabled military veterans isn’t a story worth telling. Homeland recap: season six, episode one – Fair Game 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The other is when the evil person being portrayed is a person who has a disability in real life, and even then, Zayid maintains, only a disabled actor should be cast. Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Schofield worked at the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, then left her career to take care of her younger brothers, who are severely disabled. For two Cuban artists, divergent paths intersect at GALA Hispanic Theatre Across all age groups and education levels, disabled people are much less likely to be employed than non-disabled people, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From Lizzo to Beyoncé, why does harmful language for disability persist? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Chances are that those who laughed, laughed nervously – at a wilfully gross social transgression, not actually at a disabled child. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z Dog owners who fail to license their animals and drivers who fraudulently use disabled parking placards could get hit with fines under city crackdowns slated for next year. Crackdown to target unlicensed dogs 2011-10-26T00:32:00Z Through it, Heumann met diverse disabled people with whom she later collaborated in America’s nascent disability rights movement. Judith Heumann: 'Biden is committed to involving disabled people in his administration' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Presented by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, a company dedicated to promoting the work of artists with disabilities, the show, which opened on Wednesday at the Clurman Theater, features a cast of mostly disabled actors. Review: Friends Reunite for a Funeral, and Brutal Honesty, in ‘The Healing’ 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z We drove from the party to our next stop, a show by disabled dancers in the Meskel Square neighborhood. Using Dance to Connect With Locals 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z A cabinet in the room contained a real, but disabled, 9mm handgun that had been modified with a digital counter to record the number of times children pulled the trigger. Hollywood’s love of guns increases the risk of shootings – both on and off the set 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z In other words, “Doctors are supposed to be uber-able, not disabled.” Panic, chronic anxiety and burnout: doctors at breaking point 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z The exterior of San Francisco’s Beth Sholom synagogue is an ark, the bearer of community, but this formal conceit creates a sanctuary with steeply banked sides, unsuited to young, old and disabled congregants. Book review: ‘Sacred Spaces,’ a report on Modernism in religious buildinghs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z “What makes ‘Best Foot Forward’ really unique is the intentionality behind bringing in disabled crew,” she explained. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Later I got a real Chinese ID card by buying the identity of a mentally disabled woman. My escape from North Korea: ‘I’m free to travel at last’ 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Because what they do does matter – from dismantling the NHS to cutting benefits for the disabled, from privatising everything that's not bolted down to choking off demand in an ill-judged extreme austerity. Polly Toynbee: What I am thinking about ... envy 2012-08-25T08:08:56Z Stories of lost and broken wheelchairs are so prevalent that there’s a sense of inevitability among disabled travelers about their wheelchairs eventually being lost or damaged during air travel. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z The novel is infused with longing and rich with detail about the social reforms of the Victorian era, the quest for rights and freedom for women and slaves, for the disabled and the poor. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman Troy then started a relationship with Barbara Dow, and they would go on to have four children together as well, three of whom were disabled. His last shot: Will a monthly jab of a new drug keep this addict out of jail? 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In Southampton, the annual picnic, with fireworks, to benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home, a camp for physically disabled children, has been rescheduled for Sunday, at 6:30 p.m., Fourth of July Listings 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z "It looks like something that's made for disabled people," he said. How To Build A Bionic Man – TV Review 2013-02-08T07:00:09Z The arrangement is typically used to protect the old, mentally disabled or extremely ill. What Is a Conservatorship? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Duhamel is lending his star power to help disabled veterans by supporting a campaign that provides smart homes for injured American veterans, and he’s encouraging others to do the same. Josh Duhamel celebrates Memorial Day by helping veterans 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It was Meryl Streep, receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award, who repudiated Mr. Trump, for a “performance” during the campaign in which he mocked a disabled reporter. Trump Was the Elephant in the Ballroom at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z It should be easier than ever to identify with disabled people, she said. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z And though nearly 20 percent of Americans identified as disabled in the 2010 Census, a mere 2.7 percent of characters with speaking roles were portrayed with a disability. Analysis | How Scarlett Johansson and Dwayne Johnson represent Hollywood’s uneven strides toward inclusivity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z For so long, there’s been a cultural understanding that a disabled person is lesser than an able-bodied person. We Could All Use a Jodi in Our Lives 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Streep’s speech, made as she picked up the lifetime achievement award, took Trump to task for his impression of a disabled reporter. Robert De Niro writes letter of support to Meryl Streep 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Russell pulled double duty on the project, not just acting in the feature but also consulting on how a disabled veteran would be approached by others. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z An event showcasing the work of nearly 200 disabled and deaf artists will open as part of the London 2012 Festival in August. Disabled artists launch festival 2012-07-10T15:30:41Z Disabled access: A ramp is brought out to cover the short steps to the front door and the main screen has disabled access. Cine-files: The Electric, Birmingham 2011-07-19T08:06:28Z He ticked off the devastating budget cuts in Britain that are affecting libraries, minibuses for disabled children and “lollipop ladies,” or school crossing guards. With Stoppard, Chance Always Plays a Role 2011-03-11T21:48:57Z Permanently disabled, Woodard moved to the Bronx, and for a while traveled as a celebrity victim of racist violence under the sponsorship of the N.A.A.C.P. The Black Sergeant and the White Judge Who Changed Civil Rights History 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Almost three-quarters translates as millions of disabled voters possibly being denied their vote. Why do one in seven US citizens still have to fight to vote? | Mary O’Hara 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z On Friday he was honored by the music industry at its annual MusiCares charity fundraiser in recognition of his annual concerts for the Bridge School for disabled children. 2010-01-31T21:47:00Z This is essential for a more authentic portrayal, but also because disabled actors are not given the same chances for roles that non-disabled actors have. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The same thing happened to him while promoting The Jacket in Hollywood, when his truth-filters were disabled by a few too many vodka Red Bulls. Daniel Craig: a reluctant Bond who has made the role his own 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z “Obviously, whichever role I play will be disabled by the very nature of me playing it,” he added. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z And even when both venue and staff are committed to making the experience of the disabled music fans better, they don't always think as hard as they might about our needs. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z America especially loves easy stories, stories where a white man is a hero, where a disabled body is cured, where Indigenous people are magic. James Cameron threatens to tell only "Avatar" stories from now on, despite the harm done 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z This year’s Sundance Film Festival includes several movies featuring a variety of disabled characters, which was a priority for the fest’s leadership. Disabled actors say they’re the ‘last civil rights movement’ in Hollywood. Hardly anyone’s discussing it. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z She pointed out that the Mighty has already moved to publish more stories about the damage caused by lauding disabled people as “inspiring” or “brave” just for living their lives. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z His marriage is far more troubled than mine, made worse by the fact that they have a mentally disabled child. Am I just a mother now? 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z And there’s a similar outrageous thoughtfulness in other FX shows–Legit, for instance, whose first season built much of its comedy out of the social pieties around disabled people. TCA: Dads, FX, and How to Do Offensive Comedy Right (and Wrong) 2013-08-02T20:13:11Z “The industry has to apply the same diversity and inclusion efforts that they have for other marginalized communities toward the disabled community,” LeBrecht said. In ‘Luca,’ a Character’s Disability Doesn’t Define Him 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z White thought that in some ways the lives of the disabled were better in the 18th century. Rewind radio: Disability: A New History; Book of the Week – review 2013-06-01T17:00:03Z Fresh & Fit did not immediately respond to Fox News’ requests to elaborate on the messaging in its video or whether its TikTok account was disabled by choice. TikTok dating coach blasted after suggesting men 'punish' women for rescheduling dates: 'Absolutely clueless' 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z On top of this, disabled people are frequently unable to sit near friends or family due to a lack of or poorly organised accessible seating. Why do disabled cinemagoers get the worst seats in the house? 2011-08-25T08:35:06Z But many of the negative reactions stem from ignorance or awkwardness around disability – or simply unfamiliarity with even speaking to a disabled person. Disabled dating on Tinder: ‘People ask if I can have sex’ 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z As well as teaching young disabled people to dance and move and create performances, he was a huge inspiration through the way he lived his life. Alan Martin obituary 2013-02-08T17:15:37Z “All of Us,” the first play from the performer Francesca Martinez, opens our eyes to the hardships of disabled people in Britain. At the National Theater, Love Redeems, in Various Ways 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It is possible to both be excited by Johansson’s recusal and disappointed that there isn’t better representation for the disabled community, Sullivan said. Analysis | How Scarlett Johansson and Dwayne Johnson represent Hollywood’s uneven strides toward inclusivity 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z If a disabled car or other obstruction is on the shoulder, buses will slow down, merge back into traffic, then return to the shoulder after passing the car or obstruction, officials said. Stevenson buses begin shoulder-riding today 2011-11-14T10:07:00Z The nonprofit provides community based, long-term-care options to those who are frail, disabled or suffering from brain injuries. A 105th birthday party and Dancing with the Swedish Stars 2012-10-16T00:32:05Z The governor also intends to announce the closing of several state facilities, including a prison, juvenile detention center and homes for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled, sources confirmed. Source: Quinn plans layoffs of thousands 2011-09-06T05:01:00Z Cineworld said that "the maintenance of disabled facilities and the training of our staff in disability awareness continues to be a priority". Why do disabled cinemagoers get the worst seats in the house? 2011-08-25T08:35:06Z Campaigners acknowledge that cost is often a barrier to music venues becoming more accessible to disabled people. Glasto praised over disabled access 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z “Those parking spaces, they’re not a convenience,” said Russo, who uses a wheelchair and said he often sees able-bodied people park in disabled spaces. New crackdown on disabled-parking misuse 2012-01-31T17:30:00Z Meaning, I didn’t want to get hired because I was disabled and writers needed someone with a disability in their story. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z There’s police brutality, infanticide, weird stuff with fetishization of a disabled man. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z So it's good to see the Pleasance supporting a disabled artist, and it will also be hosting a forum on 21 August, which aims to shift discussion about disability at the festival and engender change. Edinburgh festival: day eight on the fringe 2012-08-13T15:59:48Z He was used to hatred as a disabled man in an un-PC society. Richard III: Shakespearean actors rake over the remains 2013-02-04T19:00:02Z This summer alone, we’ve seen another disabled man as a plot device – his wheelchair explodes at a key moment – in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Disabled people don't need Me Before You. We've got the Avengers 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z One of life’s losers rehabilitates himself by taking his disabled charge on a road trip. 25 best books of 2012 2012-12-13T00:31:12Z “They are for the old and disabled and for people who are very big.” Personal Journeys: The Tricks and Trials of Traveling While Fat 2010-10-21T00:45:00Z Olson, a stoical, dignified woman who was disabled by polio, was a friend of Wyeth’s wife. Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in "Why should severely disabled kids be denied an experience of theatre?" 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z Between bites, the staff approached individuals to test their repair skills on two disabled bikes. Want to be an adventure tour leader? You have a better chance of getting into Dartmouth. 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z The company just announced it has “disabled comments from tens of millions of videos that could be subject to predatory behavior,” meaning, essentially, videos portraying children. Momo Is as Real as We’ve Made Her 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z All of that is about what has to be done retroactively, for a work of art that is already created, so that disabled people can experience it. ‘Access as an Ethic’: Giving Dance Myriad Points of Entry 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Recent episodes have delved into such sensitive subjects as animal tourism, disabled travelers and visiting Australia after the wildfires. With travel podcasts, explore the world through your ear buds 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The governor also is seeking to close facilities for the developmentally disabled in downstate and the Illinois Youth Center at Murphysboro and Logan Correctional Center. Quinn seeks closings, nearly 2,000 layoffs 2011-09-08T17:50:00Z Abuse of disabled parking placards affects disabled people in Chicago every day, said Joe Russo, deputy commissioner of compliance at the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities. New crackdown on disabled-parking misuse 2012-01-31T17:30:00Z Some actors underplay this – but if you read Richard's opening speech about himself, he is clearly disabled, and has experienced a lot of prejudice, a lot of hatred. Richard III: Shakespearean actors rake over the remains 2013-02-04T19:00:02Z Family stress and medical revolving doors also come up, and Tommy’s eventual celebrity leads Richard to note that it can be wearying for disabled characters to be held up as inevitably inspiring. New staging of ‘Tommy’ to include Russell Harvard and Monica Lijewski 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He neglected and then abandoned his first wife, barely acknowledging the existence of their daughter, who was born severely disabled. Review | The messy, brilliant life of Pablo Neruda 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z It's a fantastic approach that creates a sense of solidarity and refuses to see those injured as disabled. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z That one day there will be disabled musicians in orchestras and bands everywhere, and no one will turn a hair. One from the heart: Charles Hazlewood's Paraorchestra 2012-06-27T18:31:01Z She was disabled several years ago, and is now working in cat rescue. 'It put me on antidepressants': welcome to GOMI, the cruel site for female snark 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z We see her eyes glaze over as she succeeds in her seduction and he grunts behind her in the flickering light of the disabled loos. Has the Girls revolution come to an end? 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z On one hand he is cutting money for disabled people but at the same time he is arguing for equal marriage. Billy Bragg targets relationships in new album 2013-03-19T14:58:43Z Dassey’s attorneys say he’s borderline intellectually disabled and that he was manipulated by experienced police officers into accepting their story of how Halbach’s murder happened. ‘Making a Murderer’ subject seeks pardon, commutation 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z If I say I don’t mean him to be disabled then that’s it. ArtsBeat: Gervais Says New Show Isn't Mocking Disabled 2012-04-09T13:33:12Z Disabled loos: A disabled loo is conveniently located next to the bar on the ground floor. Cine-files: The Electric, Birmingham 2011-07-19T08:06:28Z In 2008, the cinema expanded further, opening a fourth 50-seat screen, installing disabled access and refurbishing the seats in every screen. Cine-files: Broadway Cinema, Letchworth Garden City 2012-07-03T16:25:10Z For their apparent belief that mocking disabled people is the most hilarious thing ever. Web exclusive! All the celeb lists we couldn't fit in the mag 2010-12-17T12:18:20Z The National Theater was a leader, he said, as were six regional theaters behind an initiative called Ramps on the Moon that stages productions led by deaf and disabled actors. The ‘Most Real Richard III There’s Ever Been’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Research shows that disabled characters are overwhelmingly played by nondisabled actors on film and TV. The Golden Globes Celebrated Sia’s ‘Music.’ Autistic Activists Wish They Hadn’t. 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z At first, Taylor said, it was “horrifying” to be around so many other disabled people at once. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Even when disabled actors are cast, it often addresses only half of the problem, Sundquist noted. ‘Best Foot Forward’ Is a Story About, and By, People With Disabilities 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Run by the nonprofit Black Hills Works, this new, sunny studio, gallery and craft shop showcases the work of mostly disabled artists. A Renaissance in Rapid City, S.D. 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The book’s central character is Jude, who has a troubled past that unfolds slowly; Yanagihara provides sharp insight into his struggles as a disabled gay man. 20 Years of L.G.B.T.Q. Lit: A Timeline 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z If you've often used terms that are degrading for disabled people, when you meet those people you're less likely to view them as human, as anything more than a slur. From Lizzo to Beyoncé, why does harmful language for disability persist? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z His mother, who was partially disabled, mostly raised him and his brother, alone in a trailer, getting by with the help of food stamps. S.A. Cosby, a Writer of Violent Noirs, Claims the Rural South as His Own 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Teachers handling mainstreamed classes require support to balance the needs of their disabled and nondisabled students and to make sure that every student is provided with the educational material and assistance he or she needs. Cooperative banking has arrived 2012-05-24T12:30:00Z And many disabled roles still go to able-bodied actors, too. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Margaret was 33, a widow without means, living back with her elderly parents, and with two daughters to support, one of them disabled. Family life 2012-12-29T00:05:54Z Having researched clothing with occupational health therapists and her local para sports teams, McClelland is now working with a manufacturer to develop samples to test on disabled users. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The 47-year-old filmmaker won for “Music by Prudence,” about a group of disabled musicians in Zimbabwe. A Night Out With | Roger Ross Williams: First Indie, Now Oscar 2010-03-12T22:30:00Z President-elect Donald Trump, stunning her audience into silence and grabbing headlines with her criticism of Trump's impersonation of a disabled newspaper reporter. Hollywood's gender pay gap is 'crazy': Natalie Portman 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z But then he met Kapo, who set up the Spid swimming club more than a year ago after noticing that many disabled swimmers went to the pool without professional supervision. From fear of water to gold medal, Bosnian swimmer beats the odds 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z One branch supports programs to help economically deprived countries such as Haiti, and another supports research for assistive technology to increase the ability of the disabled to live independently. Tenor Andrea Bocelli shares his hope, joy and generosity 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Trading the rights of some, like the dying, for others, like the disabled, didn’t make sense to me. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Fundamental barriers to auditioning limit spaces for disabled actors; for those who do get work, it is still mostly for disabled roles written by non-disabled writers, which may present stereotypical or unrepresentative characters. Is it ever OK for non-disabled actors to play disabled roles? 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The Maru is a disabled civilian spaceship under siege by — wait for it — Klingons, and you, as a captain, must weigh rescuing its crew against holding the aggressors at bay. Trekkies, Set Phasers to Fun for a Trip to Starfleet Academy 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z He tells us in a voice-over that he never feels disabled when he’s dancing. Perspective | The best dance, on your laptop: Young risk-takers are going outdoors to create short, raw films 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z And if that's the kind of compliment you choose to pay a disabled person who's just won a talent show, that might suggest there's a problem. Is The Voice winner Andrea Begley really an 'inspiration'? 2013-06-25T14:03:18Z Stay for the credits, which feature footage of Winter in her pool at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, mingling with disabled humans who visit her for comfort and inspiration. Dolphin Tale: The Winter of Our Heart's Content 2011-09-21T22:15:00Z The camera stays with a small group of disabled men and women within this jostling mass. ‘Downstream to Kinshasa’ Review: Sisyphean Persistence 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The story must center on women, L.G.T.B.Q. people, a racial or ethnic group or the disabled. The Oscars’ New Diversity Rules Are Sweeping but Safe 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Yet solving for the disabled and the displaced has in many ways been the final frontier. Fashion’s Newest Frontier: The Disabled and the Displaced 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z No disabled access for Kino 3, which is up two very steep flights of steps. Cine-files: Babylon, Berlin 2011-07-12T09:00:10Z As soon as Jennings was announced as the show's first guest host, several offensive tweets in which he mocked the disabled resurfaced and made headlines. Our wish for the future host of "Jeopardy!": Who is LeVar Burton? 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z And at this year’s New York Fashion Week, she sparked a serious conversation about “disabled” models when walking at the FTL Moda runway show. Meet The Bionic Model Who Walked In New York Fashion Week 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Although Oily Cart now has more than 20 years' experience, creating successful theatre for disabled children is still partly a process of trial and error. 'Why should severely disabled kids be denied theatre?' 2012-12-21T14:30:08Z Flood impacts hit hardest on the most vulnerable and exposed people, especially children, the elderly and disabled, and the poor. Flooding from Hurricane Harvey causes a host of public health concerns 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z CNN Thursday, the stinky, disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph was crawling back into port in Alabama, its power and sewage systems knocked out by a fire on board. Saturation Coverage: With the Cruise Story, Is CNN Charting a New Course? 2013-02-15T14:48:24Z Growing up disabled you’re not thinking, “I want to be a movie star, Mom and Dad! Enroll me in acting classes!” A Dark Comedy About Being Disabled? He’s in on the Joke 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Trump responded to Streep’s speech Monday by calling her an “over-rated actress” and insisting he never mocked a disabled reporter in a series of tweets. Kellyanne Conway Did Not Like Meryl Streep's Speech 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Music, comedy, art, film, theatre and workshops celebrating disability and deaf artists, including Bionic People, with disabled artists creating short features about bioethics and prosthetics. This week's new events 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z McDonnell said that job sharing would allow more women and disabled people to become MPs. Grayling's rehabilitation speech and Clegg taking DPMQs: Politics live blog 2012-11-20T16:11:00Z People with disabilities constantly pay “a tax or price,” he said, “this idea of the disability con and always needing to prove they are actually disabled” and therefore worthy of protection. Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire drew on his own “Southie” roots to depict a struggling single mom trying to support a disabled daughter in the face of long economic odds. Week’s A&E highlights: Food trucks, ‘West of Memphis’ and Nick Offerman 2013-03-17T21:16:04Z Dilys had a big reputation for her charity work with disabled people, as well as for being the world’s oldest female solo skydiver. 'She's 85 and can out-dance me': the joy of the age-gap friendship 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It is, after all, physically impossible to praise a disabled contestant based purely on their talent. Is The Voice winner Andrea Begley really an 'inspiration'? 2013-06-25T14:03:18Z Most delightful is Pipa, the disabled girl, who despite her inability to speak communicates easily with the birds that continually surround her. ‘The Plover’: buckets of trouble on the open sea 2014-03-26T19:45:35Z Failing to imagine how disabled folks are going to get by in your apocalypse is a failure to do the main job of an artist: to reflect and imagine the world, even an invented one. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z I learned poems with them, and my son learned French with me largely by us reading together in the first place — he is disabled and travels alone through France now very successfully. Claire Tomalin’s Favorite Fictional Heroine? It ‘Must Be Natasha’ in ‘War and Peace’ 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Ejiofor gets kidnapped into unimaginable servitude; Redford battles the elements alone on a disabled yacht. Critics Awards 2: Judgment Daze 2013-12-10T18:55:39Z “Whenever we say disability, automatically people think it’s more of a public service thing,” said Mr. Viselli, who is not disabled and who joined the company in 1997 and is Mr. Schambelan’s likely successor. Ike Schambelan, Director Who Brought Disabled Artists to the Stage, Dies at 75 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Television Neil Genzlinger Any parent of a disabled child has one blunt, inescapable concern: “If I die before she does, who will care for her?” The Week Ahead: Feb. 19 ? 25 2012-02-17T15:52:59Z A disabled passenger is claiming Southwest is “discriminating against severely disabled passengers” after the airline allegedly refused to allow him to travel with a special lift device required to move him. Disabled passenger claims Southwest is 'discriminating' against the severely disabled 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Her protective stance toward the disabled community echoes the paternalization we often face, especially when attempting to gain agency over injustice imposed on us. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z We had a developmentally disabled couple in the class. My awesome C-section 2012-11-06T01:00:00Z The movie was praised by critics for its positive portrayal of physically disabled people, a somewhat unusual theme for Bollywood screenplays. Bollywood's Barfi wins at Indian film awards in Macau 2013-07-07T06:49:28Z Boué said she just hoped British theaters and museums kept disabled people in mind. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Just a week ago, an advocacy group for the disabled admonished Alec Baldwin for taking the part of a blind man in an upcoming film. Authenticity in casting: From 'colorblind' to 'color conscious,' new rules are anything but black and white 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The park’s Ansel Adams Gallery, which showcases the famous nature photographer’s works, reopened to the public in April after remodeling to allow full accessibility for the disabled. National Parks Gear Up for Summer Rush 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z One is when a disabled actor is playing the character, she said, so long as the disfigurement is not what makes them evil. Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z In a hostile land, some of her father’s friendships endured; and one of these meant he secured residential care for his disabled brother and sister in an old people’s home. 'She was like a second mother': the German woman who saved our Jewish family history 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Wouldn’t it be cool if I had disabled friends who had normal sex lives? Don Juan in a wheelchair 2013-02-02T01:00:00Z Paula's organization provided home care for disabled children, and the party was to celebrate the caretakers. Frisky moms, Porsche-demanding kids: A Santa-for-hire's Christmas in Los Angeles 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Despite the struggles she faces every day, Copeland said she doesn't like to think of herself as disabled or handicapped. Ga. woman who had flesh-eating illness tells story 2012-09-12T00:15:18Z In Zayid’s view, there are limited circumstances under which it’s OK for a villain to be disabled or disfigured. Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z It has now been 33 years, and I am the only actor who is Deaf or identifies as disabled who has received or even been nominated for an Academy Award. After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Many disabled people hate museums of medicine because they viewed them as patients to be cured, he said. Is This the World’s Most Accessible Museum? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And to create a revisionist Hollywood that lacks the disabled is to, once again, ignore a group whose fairy tale ending hasn't even begun to be discussed. Why does Ryan Murphy’s "Hollywood" ignore disabled actors in its narrative? 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z “And, keep in mind, that there are disabled actors out there that are just like trying to get a part. We can do this. Give us a chance.” ‘As We See It’ portrays young adulthood on autism spectrum 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z "Million Dollar Baby" and "Me Before You" are two good examples of films in which disabled characters choose voluntary euthanasia, communicating the socially internalized low value of their own lives. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Rather than offer insight into the difficult choices facing disabled people, “Gigi & Nate” opts for mawkish wish fulfillment, undercutting the film’s powerful emotional core. ‘Gigi & Nate’ Review: A Tender Bond 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z The path also eases the slope’s three-story drop for disabled visitors with a ramp so gentle that no confining railings are needed. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Turns Over a New Leaf 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Here is the phone number to my home, where I live with my wife and kids and, for all you know, one or more disabled elderly persons: 228-1745. My fake college syllabus 2013-01-26T00:30:00Z To the backwoods of 1970s Maryland to work with the developmentally disabled children warehoused in the state’s asylums, about to be released into a world that wasn’t ready for them. Language is failing us: What does teaching sign language to a chimpanzee have to do with our troubled conversation about race? 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Everybody learns about Helen Keller, you know, a disabled person who overcame her handicaps and became famous. How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Barnett is a chronicler of difference in society – from his film about people who dress up and act as real-life "Superheroes" to his documentary "Becoming Bulletproof," about disabled actors putting up a western. In "Changing the Game," young trans athletes become "a beacon for their own community." 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “Being a disabled musician,” she says, “you get onstage and especially with some of my work, you’re sharing part of your experience. I think that’s equally virtuous as some very impressive physical feat.” For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But when you have a developmentally disabled young adult son at home, you feel a particular urgency. Motherlode: Leaving (an Adult) Child for the First Time 2011-05-26T19:19:20Z Not Dead Yet is right that each of us will likely someday be disabled, either by disease, trauma, or old age. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr Leonard said Clifford led a double life and referred to his charity work and care for his disabled daughter. Max Clifford jailed for eight years 2014-05-02T18:16:23Z Dear Amy: My husband and I have a disabled child, whose needs are complex. Perspective | Ask Amy: Teacher tackles a ‘lost and found’ cold case 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z A new ordinance would stiffen penalties against drivers who abuse placards to park free at city meters or get choice spots in other locations when neither they nor their passengers are disabled. Crackdown to target unlicensed dogs 2011-10-26T00:32:00Z As Anne becomes disabled by a series of strokes, their gloomy, high-ceilinged apartment becomes their own private geriatric ghetto. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z “Listen to those of us with lived experience as disabled people,” one Twitter user implored. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Last summer, the foundation released the Ruderman White Paper on Employment of Actors With Disabilities in Television, finding that 95% of disabled characters on television are played by able-bodied performers. Disability rights group criticizes casting of Alec Baldwin as blind character 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z What advice would she offer a young, able-bodied woman considering a relationship with a disabled young man? How 30 Blocks Became 30 Years 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z This would require deconstructing the conceptual pyramid of past hierarchies, one that has long used disabled characters as props to illuminate conventional heroes. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z After completing that week’s assignment, he disabled his account. Finding It Hard to Focus? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The first five trains of the morning were either halted in face of the disabled freight train or never left the station. Freight train breakdown delays Metra trains 2011-09-22T11:06:00Z She is a wheelchair sprinter who has won 17 medals, while also driving change for other disabled athletes in America. Netflix's stunning new Paralympics doc "Rising Phoenix" erases stigma through visual elegance 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z A new white paper from the Ruderman Family Foundation reports that some 80 percent of all disabled characters on the small screen are portrayed by non-disabled actors. For the Disabled in Hollywood, Report Finds Hints of Progress 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Pop culture loves to forget that being conventionally attractive — like being disabled — is neither your fault nor your achievement. Disabling the male gaze: “Longing” to be objectified won’t help shatter narrow beauty standards 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The Blacklist The task force pursues a scientist who has been abducting disabled patients and using them in experiments on immortality in this new episode. Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Bones' on Fox 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z That person may be ill, a minor, an elderly person or a disabled person … it really is a huge task and should be taken seriously. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Think outside the (safe-deposit) box 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z If you do, prepare to be rebuffed — if not by the seated patrons, then by the cane-wielding gentleman, who may rudely lecture you on your presumption in assuming that he is old, disabled or both. Perspective | Miss Manners: Can I prompt others to give up their seats? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Biden, she says, is “committed to bringing the disabled community into the administration”. Judith Heumann: 'Biden is committed to involving disabled people in his administration' 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z After watching the film, Lee said society needed to be more conscious of sexual crimes against the disabled, and that he would work to better protect people with disabilities and minors. South Korea writer hopes hit film brings legal changes 2011-10-19T06:01:50Z In the meantime, airlines say disabled passengers can take a few steps to help safeguard their devices when flying. ‘Wheelchair rule’ aims to foster friendlier skies for travelers with disabilities 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z There was one guy saying ‘I’m a disabled 42-year-old man living in Hull and I am Fleabag’. Phoebe Waller-Bridge defends Fleabag from poshness criticisms 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z “It is inconceivable to so many that someone could be disabled and also happy,” she writes, noting that our most archetypal stories provide only two options: glamorous perfection or pitiable tragedy. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z They then sell the Snoo to another set of unwitting parents, who bring it home to discover that the company has remotely disabled the device — meaning they’ve just bought a very expensive motionless bassinet. The Snoo is a $1,500 bassinet — and a touchstone for parental judgment, anxiety and privilege 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Disneyland refused to allow her to use the Segway at the theme park, which allows disabled visitors to use wheelchairs and scooters, so she filed a lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Court tells Disneyland to study Segway use 2012-07-19T13:40:12Z But considering that back home in Italy Mr. D’Ambrosi has for years been exploring theater by and about the mentally ill and disabled, the play shows a disappointing lack of insight. | ?Bong Bong Bong Against the Wall, Ting Ting Ting in Our Heads?: Children and Their ?Thems? 2010-10-21T21:29:00Z “They told us it was on the brain stem and most of the time people end up heavily or permanently disabled or die,” he recalls. After bride’s stroke at 31, ‘in sickness and in health’ takes on profound meaning 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The disproportionate suspensions and arrests of mainly black, brown and disabled youth—exemplified by aMarch 2013 consent decree banning that practice in Meridian, MS—have raised critics’ ire. Can more armed guards keep our schools safe? 2013-05-07T21:17:00Z One episode involved a resident from the Ocean View Manor, the state-licensed residential facility for the mentally disabled located a few doors down from the Princess Eugenia Apartments. Whitey Bulger: Secrets behind the capture of the FBI’s most wanted man 2013-02-24T17:00:00Z For all the villains listed, not a single actor who portrays them is visibly disfigured or disabled themselves. James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s Tuesday, the officer replies — the day the hospital incinerates disabled people and the terminally ill. What if Hitler won? ‘Man in the High Castle’ can’t match tantalizing premise. 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Stephanie Giuffre, a disabled veteran and artist who had been living in Slab City, bought two lots in Bombay Beach for $10,000; the only structures were a garage and a shed. How Much Hip Can the Desert Absorb? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z As we reported, the Obama administration also recently adopted a crucial reform to help disabled borrowers get their federal student loans forgiven more easily by eliminating some of the red tape. College debt is completely out of control 2013-01-03T18:02:00Z A group of Italians, or a disabled local man named Horace, whom teenagers attempt to wash with ammonia? ‘Nemesis’ Review: A Philip Roth Adaptation Resonates 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Legally, disabled people are supposed to be granted reasonable modifications upon request, one exception being a modification that would fundamentally alter the nature of the business. For those with hearing impairments, restaurant noise isn’t just an irritation. It’s discrimination. 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z It's one of the venues that employs people specially to cater to the needs of disabled customers. Wheelchair users still struggle at gigs 2013-06-26T12:54:00Z A lot of disabled people don't consider themselves disabled. Adam Hills: this much I know 2013-02-23T19:00:02Z There are about 300 vehicles licensed to such veterans, who would join disabled U.S. veterans and those who were taken prisoner during wars in getting free stickers. Aldermen remember Maggie Daley 2012-01-19T06:00:00Z This is perhaps especially true among people who are disabled, including myself. Not everyone has the luxury to leave Twitter 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z "After that, we always tried to hire disabled actors to play the disabled roles." “Seinfeld,” “Breaking Bad” and beyond: “CinemAbility” explores Hollywood and disability 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Will it force us to reckon with discrimination against the disabled in the royal court? Review: An All-Female ‘Richard III’ Makes for an Evening of Discontent 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z It seemed to her that there was an analogy between those factory farms and the environments in which many disabled people live. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The Little River Trail, a gravel road that follows the river, is not designated accessible, but many disabled people, myself included, have enjoyed it. Accessible Nature: A Trail Guide for Disabled Hikers 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The visitor building also features education rooms and improved amenities with full disabled access. Stonehenge gets £27m facelift to end 'national embarrassment' 2012-07-11T11:00:01Z According to preliminary reports, the youths disabled a bus shortly before 7 p.m. on the 600 block of East 71st Street by using a shutoff switch on the side of the bus, police said. 4 charged in attack on CTA bus driver 2012-01-22T15:10:00Z Their casting comes at a time of increasing visibility for disabled performers onstage. Rethinking Tiny Tim: Should a Disabled Actor Play the Role? 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z He was again declared disabled, handcuffed and put in a locked psychiatric facility for six days. Rights lost to conservator, songwriter fights back 2010-05-21T15:46:00Z Most people, disabled or not, go through a transition stage in which they are suddenly aware of others’ attraction to them and their desire to be attractive in return. Disability and sex are not mutually exclusive 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z SAT Dinner, auction, inspirational program to benefit Seattle-based foundation to restore mobility to amputees and disabled people in the developing world, 5 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-03-20T21:57:25Z Price, 49, is free on $10,000 bail on charges alleging neglect of a disabled child, animal cruelty and animal hoarding. Cops made 6 visits to home where boy died 2011-09-30T17:07:00Z But still others brought up the finer points that the criticism was spearheaded overwhelmingly by white voices and the discussion should have been led by Black disabled people. Lizzo listened and changed an ableist lyric. Will it be enough for white critics? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z For 17 years, he sponsored a celebrity golf tournament in Montgomery, Ala., that raised money for the mentally disabled. George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies 2012-05-06T16:55:09Z Beach wheelchairs are becoming more common at America’s shorelines, thanks to laws, government initiatives and growing demand by disabled travelers. These Wheels Can Handle Sand and Surf. Grab the Sunscreen. 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Some members of the disabled community and their advocates are protesting how upcoming romantic film Me Before You portrays a disabled character. People Are Calling Out 'Me Before You' for Its Portrayal of Disability 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z They're taking legal aid away from disabled children, women who are victims of domestic violence and workers who are ill and dying of, for example, asbestos-related disease. Oona King: 'I couldn't resist Dancing On Ice' 2013-01-04T22:00:02Z Willa and her husband, a handsome and gregarious academic who never quite made it, live with his disabled father, Nick, a Trump-loving talk radio nut. Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z The 1958 book, about a mentally disabled man who undergoes treatment to increase his intelligence, won a Nebula science fiction award. Flowers for Algernon writer dies 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The characterisation perpetuates the notion of the migraineur-as-malingerer, the sensitive soul disabled by everyday disruptions. Life with migraines: ‘It feels like a creature is pushing itself through my skull’ | Anna Altman 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The fellowship, which was created by and for disabled individuals, was conceived as an 18-month initiative. Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The Tate Movie project for one which involved 34,000 children making the film The Itch of the Golden Nit; the Big Dance and Unlimited – the biggest ever celebration of disabled arts. Your Cultural Olympiad questions answered 2012-07-20T11:16:28Z SUN Boat owners and charter operators host developmentally disabled adults for lighted holiday cruise on Lake Union and Lake Washington, 3:30 p.m. Community calendar 2011-12-01T00:37:04Z The crafty “security consultant” disabled the warehouse security system through the high-tech means of some spare balloons he had bought for his granddaughter’s birthday party – a granddaughter who plays a key role in “Madrigal.” “Breaking Bad”: Walter faces the abyss 2012-07-23T02:59:00Z It began as a shocking murder of a mother, the disappearance of her disabled daughter, and an alarming Facebook post. An inside look at HBO’s brutal true-crime doc “Mommy Dead and Dearest” 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Some fear being forgotten, and that struggling venues will concentrate on producing in-person shows and forgo online offerings, or cut their in-person services for disabled people. Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z There certainly weren't many disabled or funny-looking people on TV when I was a child. My disability is not a joke 2010-04-13T18:30:00Z Mr. Work, a developmentally disabled artist born in 1944, renders neat ribbons of highway and tidy brick houses in cheerful pink and green crayon on paper grocery bags. Art Review: The 20th Anniversary of the Outsider Art Fair 2012-01-28T00:34:51Z Around 2.3 million children under age 18 live with disabled veterans. Jill Biden is helping military spouses get jobs. It’s personal. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z She used her speech to call out President-elect Donald J. Trump for seeming to mock a disabled New York Times reporter, and to warn that a free press would need to be defended. The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Or shame a person who while they don’t appear to be disabled, still requires the use of a handicap tag and parking space. Ask Amy: Employer learns through gossip the awful truth about employee 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “Crip Camp” repeatedly links the struggles of the disabled to other fights for civil rights. ‘Crip Camp’ Review: After Those Summers, Nothing Was the Same 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z As a viewer, do you find disabled competitors "inspirational"? Is The Voice winner Andrea Begley really an 'inspiration'? 2013-06-25T14:03:18Z "Because it's an easy 'punch down'? Because they don't respect disabled people?" she said. James Bond hasn't changed much, and neither have his problematic villains after 25 films 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “Set and Reset/Reset” wasn’t conceived as a project that would open up Brown’s work to disabled dancers. A Trisha Brown Masterpiece, ‘Reset’ on an Inclusive Troupe 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z While the portrayal of madmen and fools has a venerable artistic tradition, Arbus’s subjects are intellectually disabled, not insane, and they are physically unrestrained. Arbus, Untitled and Unearthly 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z She claimed that Baron Cohen, in character as conspiracy theorist Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr PhD, showed disrespect to US disabled veterans. Disability can be funny – just get disabled people to make the jokes 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z At the time, the company said the cameras were disabled and that there were no plans to use them. United Airlines covers controversial seatback cameras 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z I could have introduced him to Sue Marsh, the disabled activist and blogger who is speaking on a panel addressing the harsh realities of the coalition's ideological austerity. Glastonbury festival still has political fire in its belly 2013-06-13T10:35:13Z “My community, and the history of disabled people, is fascinating,” he said. Actors With Disabilities Are Ready, Willing and Able to Take More Roles 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Then cyber-attacks disabled many institutions, including computer networks, so that mobile phones and the internet packed up. The City of Devi by Manil Suri – review 2013-04-08T08:00:02Z The adopted children are all healthy and smart, because in Rosieland there are no disabled or emotionally troubled children languishing in the adoption system. 2010-01-30T05:30:00Z Izzie made a YouTube video addressing these comments, saying there’s a common sentiment of “the moral policing of disabled people and the belief that they do not have autonomy over their own bodies.” Defying odds, quadriplegic woman in Virginia has twins 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z One important way this can be achieved is to populate the writers' rooms with disabled folks who can speak to their everyday lived experience, or at the very least ensure disability advocates are consulted. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z You’d never know it from her set, but she’s 80 percent disabled, with fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder that didn’t show up until she was in Iraq. For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z It is nice to dream of a time when disabled actors are employed so frequently, and in so many kinds of roles, that we need not discourage others from playing this one. Review: Danai Gurira Makes a Sleek Supervillain of Richard III 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Brown identifies herself as a disabled black woman, a proud feminist, a sister, daughter, aunt, niece, friend, and cousin and a human being. Review | Keah Brown is trying to change how disabled people are viewed. Listen to her. 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The first images are of mentally disabled adults riding bumper cars at a Vienna amusement park. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Love,’ First in a Trilogy Directed by Ulrich Seidl 2013-04-25T23:55:47Z Tate Modern also defends removing the disabled parking bays by pointing to all its special events for disabled visitors. Access? What access? 2011-02-21T09:00:00Z They took a different route – and hit another IED, which disabled another truck. Serial recap – season two, episode six: five o'clock shadow 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “Some disabled men have evolved a more progressive understanding of sex precisely because they have acquired an impairment,” says Penny Pepper, who writes about sex and disability. 'I mentally rehearse what to do': the truth about sexual performance anxiety 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Obama is donating his proceeds from it to a scholarship fund for children of disabled and fallen soldiers. Obama kids book sells 50,000 copies in 5 days 2010-11-23T23:04:00Z |
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