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Disability. Disability studies is an academic discipline that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability. Initially, the field focused on the division between "impairment" and "disability", where impairment was an impairment of an individual's mind or body, while disability was considered a social construct. [1] This premise ...
Release. April 5, 2002. (2002-04-05) [1] Tru Confessions is a 2002 American comedy-drama film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was directed by Paul Hoen [2] and is based on the book of the same name [3] by Janet Tashjian. Tru Walker (Clara Bryant) aspires to be a famous filmmaker.
Bolt joined Liverpool Hope University in August 2009 as a lecturer in Disability Studies. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, founder of the International Network of Literary & Cultural Disability Scholars, and was the first Honorary Research Fellow in the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University.
Theatre and disability is a subject focusing on the inclusion of disability within a theatrical experience, enabling cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts. Showing disabled bodies on stage can be to some extent understood as a political aesthetic as it challenges the predominately abled audience's expectations as well as traditional theatre conventions.
Ellison was born in Rockville Centre, New York, on October 20, 1978, to Edward and Jean (née Derenze) Ellison. [1] On September 4, 1990, at age 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in paralysis from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from Ward Melville ...
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The "disability con" or "disability faker" is not disabled but pretends to have a disability for profit or personal gain. [20] Examples include the character Verbal Kint in the film The Usual Suspects, who fakes a limp in order to take advantage of others, and is shown at the end walking out of the police station scot-free, and without the limp ...
Died. December 25, 2009. (2009-12-25) (aged 34–35) Occupation. Disability studies scholar. Christopher M. Bell (1974 – December 25, 2009) was a disability studies scholar working in the area of HIV/AIDS, race and ethnicity. He was the former president of the Society for Disability Studies and contributed to national discussions about race ...