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via USA TODAY By Lynn Elber November 10, 2009 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to the tune of Proud Mary and in joyful solidarity with Artie, the fellow performer who must use his chair even when the music stops....
Filed under: cerebral palsy, wheelchair, wheelchair dancer, Brothers, Michael Patrick Thornton, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, " casting of non-disabled actor, Geri Jewell, performers with disabilities, artificial legs, California State Media Access Office, "Glee, Robert David Hall, discrimination in the workplace, " more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, fewer than 2 percent of characters on TV, "Breaking Ground, RJ Mitte, " positive images on TV
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2009) - The Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) today endorsed a petition being circulated by Sally O'Neill, a 17-year old girl with cerebral palsy, calling on the airline industry to comply with the mandates...
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By J. Renae Conlee via LubbockOnline for THE AVALANCHE-JOURNAL July 25, 2009 They're up at 6 a.m. every morning, so they can catch their bus to work at 7:30. Once to the South Plains Food Bank, 6604 Interstate-27, they spend the next several hours...
Filed under: independent living, blindness, students with disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, food service, visually, TX, Summer Work Experience and Empowerment Program, Employee Serv-Safe certification, Lubbock, food bank job, Project Sweep, training for blind, how to complete applications, institutional cooking techniques, physically and cognitively impaired Students, child care, learn interview skills, catering events, summer jobs, students live on campus, based at Texas Tech, Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, practical work experience
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By HELEN O'NEILL - May 17, 2009 via AJC NEW YORK (AP) - An hour before the curtain rises, the choreographer stands alone on stage, nervously gazing at the rows of empty seats. Heidi Latsky is about to unveil the boldest, most important performance...
Filed under: cerebral palsy, no lower legs, shortened twisted arm, body image and beauty and disability and dance, as much about trust as about dance, Lawrence Carter-Long, GIMP, dance and disability, the provocation of GIMP, " changing perceptions, missing left arm, pushing through pain, Jeffrey Freeze, Catherine Long, disabled performers, "Two Men Walking, "I Like the Way You Move, advocate for the Disabilities Network of New York City, shattering perceptions, mixing two worlds, three able-bodied and three disabled performers, able-bodied and disabled, performance artist, Heidi Latsky, People see what is not there, choreographer, duet, woman with no fingers, Lezlie Frye, " Christina Briggs
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via The Virginian-Pilot By Philip Walzer February 28, 2009 Downturn hits disabled harder than many Orlanda Rodgers was in Little Rock, Ark., training for a customer-service job with the Internal Revenue Service, when he got the news in December: His funding...
Filed under: blind, Farm Fresh and Harris Teeter hiring, economic downturn, Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, VA, Chesapeake Service Systems, 000 a year, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, loss of jobs, Hope House Foundation in Norfolk, less than $10, reduction in hours, economic slump hitting people with disabilities disproportionately, state funding cut, different attitude of employers, disabled
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