Love Story Sheds Light on How Society Treats People With Disabilities
A New York Times bestseller, Rachel Simon's "The Story of Beautiful Girl" explores empathy and tolerance in the form of a love story where characters with disabilities overcome heavyweight obstacles. Judy Woodruff and Simon discuss how society deals with disabilities and how they are portrayed in...
PBSNewsHour- Length: 6:25
- Views: 429
- Tags: PBS newshour Jeffrey Brown Rachel Simon the story of beautiful girl new york times bestseller novel author love story obstacles tolerance literature disabilities sister
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Community Leaders Briefing with The Arc: Part 1
The White House Office of Public Engagement hosts 150 of The Arc's leaders, members, advocates, and staff from across the country as part of the White House Community Leaders Briefing Series. The Arc is one of the largest national community-based organizations advocating for and serving people wi...
- whitehouse
- Length: 80:51
- Views: 754
- Tags: White House Office of Public Engagement The Arc intellectual disabilities developmental disabilities community service community leaders
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Improving Customer Service for People with Disabilities
- westsuburban
- Length: 8:04
- Views: 2107
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Dancing through disabilities
Members of an international dance troupe have different disabilities but they don't let them get in the way of their performances or hopes to succeed. By Kelsey Sheehy, Medill News Service Read more: www.upi.com
Theme park caters to people with disabilities
Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, Texas is a special place for people with special needs. Debbye Turner Bell reports.
- CBS
- Length: 4:02
- Views: 614
- Tags: cbsepisode the early show them park special needs disabilities morgans wonderland
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Learning About Learning Disabilities
WHAT ARE LEARNING DISABILITIES? LDs affect how a person processes information taken in through the senses. LDs specifically refer to a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to obtain, remember, recall, understand, organize or use information that is presented to them. WHAT ARE THE TYP...
- LDATD
- Length: 9:39
- Views: 6931
- Tags: Learning Disabilities ADD ADHD Dyslexia
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Invisible Wounds, Invisible Disabilities: The Realities of War
"Invisible Wounds, Invisible Disabilities: The Realities of War" brings light to the most misunderstood and prevalent wounds of war. Sponsored by Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities (ECAD) Tranquil Valley Sanctuary (TVS) The Invisible Disabilities Association (IDA) Montalván & Associates...
- MultiWriters
- Length: 17:32
- Views: 27335
- Tags: Invisible Wounds Invisible Disabilities Disabilities War Wounded Warrior Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Realities of War Iraq Afghanistan Injuries PTSD TBI traumatic brain injury post traumatic stress Soldiers Healing
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JAMES DURBIN TALKS CAREER AND DISABILITY
James Durbin talks about his life after American Idol and how he's dealing with his disabilities of Tourette's and Asbergers disease in supporting Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster.
- ArtisanNewsService
- Length: 3:45
- Views: 1011
- Tags: American Idol James Durbin Tourettes Asbergers Diseasew Tourette Syndrome Howard Benson James Michael
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Students with Disabilities Prepare for Work
Workability, a program offered by Berkeley's Disabled Students Program, helps students with disabilities gain job-related experience. Sophomore Jon Drennan explains his assignment as an intern at the non-profit Center for Independent Living.
- ucberkeleycampuslife
- Length: 1:02
- Views: 908
- Tags: workability UC Berkeley Berkeley disabled disability student Disabled Students Program Jon Drennan Center for Independent Living work job non-profit intern
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Disabilities welcomed in theater group
Micaela Connery's "Unified Theater Group" brings high school students with and without disabilities together.
What's disability to me? Mia's story.
The World Report on Disability is a major WHO/World Bank publication which will be launched on 9 June 2011 at the United Nations in New York. The report explores current evidence about disability and highlights what works to improve the lives of people with disabilities. One chapter of the report...
- who
- Length: 3:08
- Views: 6561
- Tags: Disability report WHO World Health Organization Bank Lebanon intellectual education rights participation self-advocacy
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What's disability to me? Faustina's story
The World Report on Disability is a major publication from the World Health Organization and World Bank, to be launched on 9 June 2011 in Geneva. The Report explores current evidence about disability, identifies needs, and highlights what works to improve the lives of people with disabilities in ...
- who
- Length: 2:29
- Views: 11003
- Tags: disability world wheelchair tanzania faustina access health report africa
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DYL - Making Fun Of Disabilities
I hate people who make of people's 'problems' like its nothing.
Nick Jonas Accepts Disability Rights Legal Center's DREAM Award
Singer/songwriter Nikki Lang presents the Disability Rights Legal Center's (DRLC) DREAM Award to entertainer Nick Jonas for public service and diabetes advocacy at its Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugural Dinner on November 17, 2011. The entertainer best known as one of the Jonas Brothers and for the ...
What Are Learning Disabilities?
short animated explanation of what learning disabilities are, and how they can be dealt with.
- jepatldao
- Length: 3:52
- Views: 122860
- Tags: education LD learning disabilities
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Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement
This is the VOA Special English Health Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http New estimates show that more than one billion people have a physical or mental disability. Experts say almost one-fifth of them experience serious difficulties in their daily lives as a result of their disability. An...
- VOALearningEnglish
- Length: 4:03
- Views: 10436
- Tags: captioned subtitled videos voa learning special english report development agriculture food farming gardening health medicine higher education international students elementary secondary tertiary university college economics finance american business communication culture download history foreign controlled language learn mp3 music news plain radio simplified simple speech linguistics teach teacher esl efl teaching texts transcripts TV us united states voice of america
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