Posts filed under: arts

May 9, 2010
Broadway World
GLEE Guest Star Weinstein Talks Career With Disabilities
Actor Zack Weinstein will be appearing in next week's episode of hit television show GLEE. What makes the appearance stand out is that, unlike Kevin McHale - who plays GLEE's Artie Abrams who is confined to a wheelchair - Weinstein faces disabilities on a daily basis. The actor became paralyzed during a canoeing trip in college. While he was left with only the use of most of his upper body, leaving him unable to use his hands or legs, Weinstein has fought to continue his dream of acting.
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Filed Under: arts, employment, profile, quadriplegic

May 6, 2010
WLS-TV (Chicago)
Photos show challenges people with disabilities face
"The Plight of the Mentally Disabled" is a unique exhibit that shows the lives of people with disabilities in foreign countries. Many people with disabilities are often abandoned and ignored by society. Photojournalism captures the reality of how they are perceived in their country. Roosevelt University's Gage Gallery features walls of photographs by Eugene Richards of people with mental and physical disabilities from several countries.
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Filed Under: arts, developmental disability, intellectual disability

April 29, 2010
ABC 7 Chicago
Micro-sculptor battled learning disabilities
You might be familiar with micro-sculptor Willard Wigan's amazing miniature art.
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Filed Under: arts, learning disability

March 17, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Campaign pushes for more roles for disabled actors
Although 54 million Americans ages 5 to 64 have disabilities, performers with disabilities are "virtually invisible" in entertainment media, contends I AM PWD (Inclusion in the Arts and Media of Performers with Disabilities), an advocacy campaign that's trying to change that.
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Filed Under: arts, employment, media

March 17, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
'Breaking Bad' actor RJ Mitte finds 'perfect role' prepared him to become an activist
Seventeen-year-old RJ Mitte was at the right place at the right time four years ago when he was cast as the son of high school chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-lab operator Walter White in the AMC drama "Breaking Bad," which begins its third season Sunday.
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March 11, 2010
WFOR-TV (Miami)
Story Of Woman's Disability Leads To Oscar Moment
Prudence Mabhena was born with a disability that causes her bones and muscles to contort. As a young child, her legs had to be amputated. Adding to the difficulty of living through that was her Zimbabwean family who considered her disability a curse and often referred to her as a helpless ant.
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Feb. 27, 2010
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Talent, not disability, comes first at 'real inclusion' Art Access
John Hess is a premier fiber artist. Peter Scott Stone never erases anything. He is the perfect draftsman, and Jose Hernandez Lopez is an artist of spectacular talent, says Ruth Lubbers, executive director of Art Access since 1993.
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Feb. 5, 2010
The Annenberg Space for Photography Blog
Bruce Hall and Corinne Marinnan open our eyes to Blind Photography!
We had two very special guest lecturers, Academy Award winning producer Corinne Marrinan and blind photographer Bruce Hall.
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Filed Under: arts, visually impaired

Jan. 24, 2010
The San Diego Union-Tribune
STARS Program in North Park hitting the sweet spot
At 35 seats, the North Park Vaudeville & Candy Shoppe claims the distinction of being the smallest theater in San Diego. And if all goes well, artistic director Summer Golden hopes someday it will be ... still the smallest theater in San Diego.
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Filed Under: arts, autism spectrum, developmental disability

Jan. 14, 2010
National Public Radio
Teddy Pendergrass: A Raw Soul Voice, Silenced
Teddy Pendergrass, one of the most distinctive R&B singers of the 1970s, died Wednesday in suburban Philadelphia, eight months after surgery for colon cancer. He was 59.
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Filed Under: arts, physical disability, profile

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