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Founder, He's On Wheels
produced by CandidCareer.com (Maryland (U.S.): CandidCareer.com, 2018), 3 mins
Justin is a motivational speaker and the founder of He's On Wheels, his personal advocacy website.
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produced by CandidCareer.com (Maryland (U.S.): CandidCareer.com, 2018), 3 mins
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Justin is a motivational speaker and the founder of He's On Wheels, his personal advocacy website.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
CandidCareer.com
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
CandidCareer.com
Speaker / Narrator
Justin Graves, fl. 2017
Person Discussed
Justin Graves, fl. 2017
Topic / Theme
Disabled persons, Equal rights advocates
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Copyright © 2018 CandidCareer.com LLC
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Great Big Story, Feels on Wheels
produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: CNN Newsource Sales, 2018), 3 mins
One Halloween, Ryan Weimer’s then-3-year-old son wanted to dress up as a pirate. But his son, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is restricted to a wheelchair. So Ryan fashioned a homemade costume that incorporated the wheelchair as a pirate ship, and his son absolutely loved it. From that idea was born Magic Whee...
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produced by Great Big Story, in Great Big Story (Atlanta, GA: CNN Newsource Sales, 2018), 3 mins
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One Halloween, Ryan Weimer’s then-3-year-old son wanted to dress up as a pirate. But his son, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is restricted to a wheelchair. So Ryan fashioned a homemade costume that incorporated the wheelchair as a pirate ship, and his son absolutely loved it. From that idea was born Magic Wheelchair — a global non-profit organization that creates custom wheelchair costumes for kids. In addition to bringing joy to the costum...
One Halloween, Ryan Weimer’s then-3-year-old son wanted to dress up as a pirate. But his son, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is restricted to a wheelchair. So Ryan fashioned a homemade costume that incorporated the wheelchair as a pirate ship, and his son absolutely loved it. From that idea was born Magic Wheelchair — a global non-profit organization that creates custom wheelchair costumes for kids. In addition to bringing joy to the costumed kids and their families, Weimer says his designs can act as a “cure for the day” by liberating the kids from the stigma so often attached to wheelchairs.
This video is from the Human Condition collection of Great Big Stories.
This Great Big Story was made possible by Wells Fargo.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Great Big Story
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
CNN Newsource Sales
Series
Great Big Story
Topic / Theme
Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 CNN Newsource Sales
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The Limits of My World
directed by Heather Cassano, fl. 2013; produced by Heather Cassano, fl. 2013, Cassano Visuals (Pottstown, PA: Music Video Distributors, 2019), 1 hour 10 mins
The Limits of My World follows a nonverbal young man's transition from the school system into adulthood. Brian has autism and faces the daily challenges of adjusting to his new life. Filmed from the intimate perspective of his older sister Heather, this documentary seeks to understand Brian's personality beneath h...
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directed by Heather Cassano, fl. 2013; produced by Heather Cassano, fl. 2013, Cassano Visuals (Pottstown, PA: Music Video Distributors, 2019), 1 hour 10 mins
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The Limits of My World follows a nonverbal young man's transition from the school system into adulthood. Brian has autism and faces the daily challenges of adjusting to his new life. Filmed from the intimate perspective of his older sister Heather, this documentary seeks to understand Brian's personality beneath his disability.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Heather Cassano, fl. 2013, Brian Cassano, fl. 2018, Cassano Visuals
Author / Creator
Heather Cassano, fl. 2013
Date Published / Released
2018, 2019
Publisher
Music Video Distributors
Person Discussed
Brian Cassano, fl. 2018
Topic / Theme
Autism spectrum disorder
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Cassano Visuals
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Barriers and Belongings: Personal Narratives of Disability
edited by Alison Quaggin Harkin, fl. 2017, Michelle Jarman, fl. 2007 and Leila Monaghan, fl. 2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2017, originally published 2017), 297 page(s)
What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to the essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives that explore what it means to live with disability and why the field of disability studies matters....
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edited by Alison Quaggin Harkin, fl. 2017, Michelle Jarman, fl. 2007 and Leila Monaghan, fl. 2010 (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2017, originally published 2017), 297 page(s)
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What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to the essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives that explore what it means to live with disability and why the field of disability studies matters. Every chapter includes key terms, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading. Barriers and Belonging explores how disabi...
What is the direct impact that disability studies has on the lives of disabled people today? The editors and contributors to the essential anthology, Barriers and Belonging, provide thirty-seven personal narratives that explore what it means to live with disability and why the field of disability studies matters. Every chapter includes key terms, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading. Barriers and Belonging explores how disability informs self-knowledge, interpersonal and community relationships, and political commitments. Contributors offer experiential insight into living with an array of disabilities, from spinal cord injuries, blindness, deafness, and autism to psychiatric diagnoses, learning disabilities, and chronic pain. Several essays articulate activist and pride orientations toward disability, demonstrating the importance of understanding disability as a multi-dimensional process-as personal, relational and socio-political.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Alison Quaggin Harkin, fl. 2017, Michelle Jarman, fl. 2007, Leila Monaghan, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Temple University Press
Topic / Theme
Disabled persons, Disabilities, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Temple University
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POV, Season 30, Episode 11, Swim Team
directed by Lara Stolman, fl. 1992; produced by Ann Collins, fl. 2017, Shanna Belott, fl. 2010 and Lara Stolman, fl. 1992, Woodland Park Productions, in POV, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 1 hour 41 mins
What would you do if your community gave up on your child? In New Jersey, the parents of a boy on the autism spectrum take matters into their own hands. They form a competitive swim team, recruiting diverse teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Swim Team chronicles the extra...
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directed by Lara Stolman, fl. 1992; produced by Ann Collins, fl. 2017, Shanna Belott, fl. 2010 and Lara Stolman, fl. 1992, Woodland Park Productions, in POV, Season 30, Episode 11 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 1 hour 41 mins
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What would you do if your community gave up on your child? In New Jersey, the parents of a boy on the autism spectrum take matters into their own hands. They form a competitive swim team, recruiting diverse teens on the spectrum and training them with high expectations and zero pity. Swim Team chronicles the extraordinary rise of three diverse young athletes, capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence and a life that feels like winning.
Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ann Collins, fl. 2017, Shanna Belott, fl. 2010, Lara Stolman, fl. 1992, Woodland Park Productions, Mark Suozzo, 1953-
Author / Creator
Lara Stolman, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
POV
Copyright Message
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Warum Lacht Herr W.?
directed by Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017; produced by Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017 and Frank Papenbrook, fl. 2017 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2017), 1 hour 15 mins
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs
WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than making a film about inclusion, the film itself was produced inclusively. In an open collaborative journey through the picto...
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directed by Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017; produced by Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017 and Frank Papenbrook, fl. 2017 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 2017), 1 hour 15 mins
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Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs
WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than making a film about inclusion, the film itself was produced inclusively. In an open collaborative journey through the pictorial worlds of the three artists, a focus was set on their aesthetic obsessions and perspectives through their own videography. As a re...
Jana Papenbroock with Horst Wässle, Michael Gerdsmann, Bernhard Krebs
WHY IS MR W. LAUGHING? is a portrait of three members of a community of artists with different disabilities. Rather than making a film about inclusion, the film itself was produced inclusively. In an open collaborative journey through the pictorial worlds of the three artists, a focus was set on their aesthetic obsessions and perspectives through their own videography. As a result of the collaborative approach, the film is an eclectic mix of materials and techniques, interview situations interwoven with observational episodes, auto-fiction and performance, home videos of the protagonists and their own musical compositions.The film was nominated for the EVA Award (Excellence in Visual Anthropology) at Ethnocineca 2017 (Vienna)
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017, Frank Papenbrook, fl. 2017
Author / Creator
Jana Papenbrook, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Topic / Theme
Artists, Elderly people, Special communities, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
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Copyright © 2017 Royal Anthropological Institute
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Magnificent Burden
directed by Rob Nelson, 1964-; produced by Taylor Stein, 1970-, Karin Hayes, fl. 2002, Rob Nelson, 1964- and P. G. Morgan, fl. 2004, Steal Your Face Productions (Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing, 2016), 1 hour 27 mins
Taylor Stein was a jet-setting party girl who became one of the most popular figures in the ‘90s New York social scene. Taylor could get anything — and anyone — she wanted. All that changes when she discovers, in the process of adopting her son Ren, that his birth is part of an international baby trafficking...
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directed by Rob Nelson, 1964-; produced by Taylor Stein, 1970-, Karin Hayes, fl. 2002, Rob Nelson, 1964- and P. G. Morgan, fl. 2004, Steal Your Face Productions (Los Angeles, CA: Seventh Art Releasing, 2016), 1 hour 27 mins
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Taylor Stein was a jet-setting party girl who became one of the most popular figures in the ‘90s New York social scene. Taylor could get anything — and anyone — she wanted. All that changes when she discovers, in the process of adopting her son Ren, that his birth is part of an international baby trafficking ring. To stop the ring and win legal custody, Taylor goes undercover for the FBI. But her happy ending is turned upside down when 9 mo...
Taylor Stein was a jet-setting party girl who became one of the most popular figures in the ‘90s New York social scene. Taylor could get anything — and anyone — she wanted. All that changes when she discovers, in the process of adopting her son Ren, that his birth is part of an international baby trafficking ring. To stop the ring and win legal custody, Taylor goes undercover for the FBI. But her happy ending is turned upside down when 9 months after Ren’s birth, Taylor discovers he has a deadly disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the number one genetic killer of kids under two. Determined to save Ren, Taylor vows to use whatever influence and connections she has to put SMA in the public spotlight, and to help push for a cure for the children and families struggling with this deadly disease. In the process, Taylor opens the door to a world she never imagined ... of children and parents who have turned the victim mentality upside down, and who have discovered that the tragedy they face is not a curse but a Magnificent Burden. Taylor’s journey takes her across America — from Utah to Michigan to Washington, DC — and transforms her from a single mom trying to save her son into a vocal figure in a movement to create awareness and pass legislation to help those suffering from deadly, disabling diseases. It’s a film about hope, possibility, and ultimate transformation.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Taylor Stein, 1970-, Karin Hayes, fl. 2002, Rob Nelson, 1964-, P. G. Morgan, fl. 2004, Steal Your Face Productions
Author / Creator
Rob Nelson, 1964-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Seventh Art Releasing
Person Discussed
Taylor Stein, 1970-
Topic / Theme
Genetic and hereditary diseases, Human trafficking, Black markets, Federal agents, Equal rights advocates, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Seventh Art Releasing
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No Limits
directed by John Zaritsky; produced by Bill Spahic, fl. 2016 and Anne Pick, Real to Reel Productions (London, England: Sideways Film, 2016), 1 hour 19 mins
Shot over 25 years, No Limits is a ‘7 Up’ inspired long form narrative documentary that follows the lives of our disabled protagonists – Thalidomide victims – over the course of decades, and reveals how changes in societies attitudes to disability have affected them. It is also a scathing investigation int...
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directed by John Zaritsky; produced by Bill Spahic, fl. 2016 and Anne Pick, Real to Reel Productions (London, England: Sideways Film, 2016), 1 hour 19 mins
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Shot over 25 years, No Limits is a ‘7 Up’ inspired long form narrative documentary that follows the lives of our disabled protagonists – Thalidomide victims – over the course of decades, and reveals how changes in societies attitudes to disability have affected them. It is also a scathing investigation into the crime of the century, as a new generation of Thalidomide babies are born in Brazil, decades after it was banned across most of th...
Shot over 25 years, No Limits is a ‘7 Up’ inspired long form narrative documentary that follows the lives of our disabled protagonists – Thalidomide victims – over the course of decades, and reveals how changes in societies attitudes to disability have affected them. It is also a scathing investigation into the crime of the century, as a new generation of Thalidomide babies are born in Brazil, decades after it was banned across most of the western world and its harmful effects publicized. Academy Award winning director John Zaritsky joins activists in Germany, Canada and the UK as they plot to reveal a sinister and long hidden complicity by the Thalidomide manufacturer, their Nazi background and a quest for justice for all.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bill Spahic, fl. 2016, Anne Pick, Real to Reel Productions
Author / Creator
John Zaritsky
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Sideways Film
Topic / Theme
Side effects, Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Human abnormalities, Post-war Era (1945–1960), Late 20th Century (1975–2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Sideways Film
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Off the Rails
directed by Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017; produced by Glen Zipper, 1974- and Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017, Gemini Pictures and Zipper Bros Films (Off the Rails, 2016), 1 hour 29 mins
The remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome, whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subw...
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directed by Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017; produced by Glen Zipper, 1974- and Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017, Gemini Pictures and Zipper Bros Films (Off the Rails, 2016), 1 hour 29 mins
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The remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome, whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system. At 15, he drov...
The remarkable true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger's syndrome, whose overwhelming love of transit has landed him in jail 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. As a boy in Queens, NY, Darius found sanctuary from school bullies in the subway. There he befriended transit workers who taught him to drive trains. By age 8, he memorized the entire subway system. At 15, he drove a packed train 6 stops by himself, making all the stops and announcements. Over the next three decades, Darius commandeered hundreds of trains and buses, staying en route and on schedule, without ever getting paid. He attended transit worker union meetings, lobbying for better pay and working conditions for a union he didn't belong to. Although Darius has never damaged any property or hurt anyone in his decades of service, he has spent 23 years in maximum security prison. Darius' recidivism embodies the criminal justice system’s failure to channel the passions of a harmless, mentally-challenged man into a productive career and purposeful life.
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Glen Zipper, 1974-, Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017, Gemini Pictures, Zipper Bros Films
Author / Creator
Adam Irving, fl. 2008-2017
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Off the Rails
Person Discussed
Darius McCollum, 1965-
Topic / Theme
Crime, Developmental disorders, Asperger syndrome
Copyright Message
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Byline of Hope: The Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller
written by Beth A. Haller, fl. 1998 (Louisville, KY: Advocado Press, 2015), 347 page(s)
Helen Keller -- star of an early silent film, vaudevillian, suffragist, controversial proponent of eugenics -- was first and foremost a writer. Byline of Hope is the first book to collect Keller's journalism — much of it never before reprinted. In articles for Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, The Atlanti...
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written by Beth A. Haller, fl. 1998 (Louisville, KY: Advocado Press, 2015), 347 page(s)
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Helen Keller -- star of an early silent film, vaudevillian, suffragist, controversial proponent of eugenics -- was first and foremost a writer. Byline of Hope is the first book to collect Keller's journalism — much of it never before reprinted. In articles for Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times, as well as her regular column in the all-but-forgotten Home Magazine (which was published for five y...
Helen Keller -- star of an early silent film, vaudevillian, suffragist, controversial proponent of eugenics -- was first and foremost a writer. Byline of Hope is the first book to collect Keller's journalism — much of it never before reprinted. In articles for Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times, as well as her regular column in the all-but-forgotten Home Magazine (which was published for five years during the Great Depression in the early 1930s) Keller's name was a "Byline of Hope," says Towson University journalism professor Beth A. Haller, who collected the articles and edited this edition.
Keller's collected articles in Byline of Hope represent some of "the most genuine of [Keller's] writings,” says biographer Dorothy Herrmann. "This is probably Helen Keller who Helen Keller was ... unadorned by helpers.”
In Byline of Hope, Haller presents and analyzes Keller's writings on spirituality, women's issues, socialism, education and children, as well as her thoughts on blindness and deafness -- and her essays on her meetings with many important people of the day.
Valued as much for the famous byline as for their content, Keller’s articles reached a broad audience eager for her optimistic message — a message still relevant today. Keller "offered the perfect message for the 20th century," writes Haller, " — that positive social change could occur."
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Field of Study
Disability Studies
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Beth A. Haller, fl. 1998
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Advocado Press
Person Discussed
Helen Keller, 1880-1968
Topic / Theme
Journalism, Education, Socialism, Women's issues, Physical disabilities, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 by The Advocado Press
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