Posts filed under: television

June 11
KOMU-TV (Columbia, Mo.)
Missourians With Disabilities Want State's Help
The Arc of Missouri's campaign "Missouri Can't Wait" seeks to get the word out about the lack of state services for people with developmental disabilities.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, long-term care, media, television

May 27
WLS-TV (Chicago)
Employers urged to 'Think Beyond the Label'
Several months ago, a $4 million national disability awareness campaign hit the airwaves with high hopes for increasing employment among people with disabilities.
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Filed Under: disability awareness, employment, media, television

March 3
The Associated Press
Neil Patrick Harris goes to the dogs for PBS film
Neil Patrick Harris is the narrator of a PBS documentary exploring the bond between service dogs and those they help.
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Filed Under: media, physical disability, public policy, service animal, television

Nov. 17, 2009
Time
Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV
To television executives depressed over the dwindling audiences for reality TV shows and looking for ways to reinvigorate the once hugely profitable genre, the following pitch might be compelling. "We've got this great show for you. We're going to take six strangers and strand them somewhere really remote; we'll film them as they struggle to survive. You say it's already been done — there's I'm a Celebrity — Get Me Out of Here! and Survivor and, here in Britain, Castaway. But here's the twist: our participants will be ... disabled! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Cast Offs, a uniquely challenging reality TV show." Read more here
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Filed Under: media, television

Nov. 14, 2009
The Columbus Dispatch
Disability a nonissue for actor
LOS ANGELES -- Nine years ago, a motorcycle accident left Daryl Mitchell paralyzed from the waist down. Besides needing a wheelchair to get around, though, the co-star of the new Fox comedy Brothers said his life has changed little.
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Filed Under: media, physical disability, profile, television

Nov. 10, 2009
The Associated Press
‘Glee’ wheelchair episode hits bump with disabled
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Filed Under: employment, media, television

Nov. 8, 2009
New York Post
Spinning their wheels
Let’s get one thing straight: Kevin McHale, who plays wheelchair-bound underdog Artie Abrams on “Glee,” can really dance.
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Filed Under: media, physical disability, television

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