Disability Arts and Entertainment
Disability arts can include films depicting people with disabilities, TV shows whose actors actually have disabilities (as opposed to simply playing characters who have them), world-class musicians with disabilities, books about disability, and fine arts such as painting that depicts a disability theme or is created by an artist with a disability. Discover more about creative expression in disability entertainment, regardless of ability.
Ana Feldman, nicknamed Anita, is a young Jewish Argentine woman with Down syndrome living with her devoted mother, Dora, in modest comfort above the shop Dora’s late husband started in a commercial district of Buenos Aires.
"The Surrogate" praised at Sundance Film Festival, looks to be an early contender for next year’s Oscar season. Starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, the film was directed by Australian, Ben Lewin who had polio as a child and lost the use of his legs....
The Lion King producer Don Hahn, has joined Emmy Award-winning director Michael Brown on a new documentary, HIGH GROUND. The film tells the true story of wounded veterans whose road to recovery takes them to the top of a Himalayan giant on a journey...
Returning Veterans take to High Ground in this Moving and Inspirational Documentary
An interview with Christopher Reeve's step-sister, Katie Johnson-Hill, who spent summers with Chris growing up and now champions the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
A Conversation with Christopher Reeve’s Stepsister, Katie Johnson-Hill
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He’s been profoundly deaf since birth, but that didn’t stop this New York-based artist. Born in Kedah, Malaysia, Leon, 31 learned American Sign Language as a child. He drew and painted incessantly, inspired by the colorful covers of music cassettes. Instinctively, his deafness has served as motivation to examine ways of telling a story through his artwork without speaking, reading, or writing. He built his world without the need to hear sound or music by living alone at 14. After graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology and De Montfort University in the United Kingdom.
Ever since DC Comics announced a seismic shakeup of its entire book line for this September, promising a remix of character histories and costume designs to give its universe a more contemporary flavor, the move has sparked an incendiary reaction among readers, with one particular change fanning the most flames: DC’s decision to return the paraplegic Oracle to her previous role as the able-bodied Batgirl.
Harmony School Makes Art at the Community Renaissance Market, Austin, TX
Today, the market sports a large-scale, mosaic wall mural of a vibrant coral reef complete with mermaids and sea life. In Austin, TX? Ruth explained, “The concept for the Aquatrium came to me when I was standing in the atrium last fall with the roof leaking and thought, ‘This isn't an atrium, it's an aquatrium!’ Fortunately we know many talented folks who could move that concept out my head and into something real.”
Come Together to Celebrate PHAMALY
PHAMALY (The Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League) presents its 2011 Circle of Stars Gala featuring comedian Josh Blue (winner of TV’s Last Comic Standing, Season 4). This one-night-only event will also feature a dazzling selection of musical performances by PHAMALY company members
People who have a spinal cord injury are a true cross-section of humanity. Some are plain, some beautiful. Some are shy, some outgoing. Some are ordinary, some brilliant.
New Series: Those Who Inspire Us
Who is your hero? Ask men and women on the street - Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder would most likely be the first remembered for overcoming their disabilities and propelling their way to stardom. Written by Disagirl, Disaboom Staff
A is for “All Aboard!” Autism Book for Children
Finally, an autism book that really gets what your autistic child wants and needs. Discover how this captivating alphabet book is different to appeal to children with any autism spectrum disorder.
Disability Theatre at Actual Lives Austin: Texas on Forefront of Disability Activism
You've never seen disability theatre like this! Actual Lives Austin offers "crip theater with attitude" that tackles tough topics like drug addiction and sexuality.