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There are urban legends in the Philippines purporting supposed inventions by Filipinos. These assertions are presented as facts in some academic textbooks in history and science used by Filipino students, as well as social media, to promote Filipino exceptionalism. [61] Fluorescent lamp, said to be
Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
2019, Darren Criss becomes the first Filipino American to win a Golden Globe. [169] 2020, Dozens of Filipino American healthcare workers have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the New Jersey-New York area, [170] and elsewhere. [171] Of all nurses who died with a COVID-19 infection nationally in 2020, almost a third were Filipino Americans. [172]
Nike has developed a new shoe to help people with disabilities and other physical limitations feel comfortable and confident. The laceless LeBron Zoom Soldier 8 Flyease, designed by Nike's Tobie ...
Pages in category "American people with disabilities" The following 155 pages are in this category, out of 155 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Advocates highlight how factors like colonial history contributed to likely disproportionate Covid toll on the community.
A landmark arch expected to debut later this year in Los Angeles' Historic Filipinotown district will honor Filipino American health care workers, who have had an outsize impact on California's ...
Probably, the effort was an indication of long-festering inequalities and of the sense that ACCD "belongs to people with disabilities". Meanwhile, delegates ordered the staff to work on a wide swath of issues, ranging from transportation to housing to education and civil rights, blithely ignoring time and budgetary constraints on carrying them out.