Lives Worth Living | Fred Fay and the Disability Rights Movement | Independent Lens | PBS

Lives Worth Living | Fred Fay and the Disability Rights Movement | Independent Lens | PBS



Premieres tonight on PBS. Check your local schedule

City of Chicago wants to get tough on drivers who misuse disabled parking placards | abc7chicago.com

City of Chicago wants to get tough on drivers who misuse disabled parking placards | abc7chicago.com

Get Closer by Pro Infirmis

YouTube:

Pro Infirmis conducts an experiment: there are only a few people who don`t have empathy with disabled people. Nevertheless, the passenger seat in the public bus next to Fabian often stays empty. Handicapped people are a regular part of our society.

So, get closer.


via @lcarterlong

InsideToronto Article: Quadriplegic artist uses human tracker to express her vision

InsideToronto Article: Quadriplegic artist uses human tracker to express her vision

Artist and advocate Judith Snow shows work in show ...

RIP Wonder

My friend Sue's service dog, companion and my cat Riley's friend Wonder passed away very suddenly from lymphoma. Please keep her in your prayers and thoughts.

Ablevision learns about helper monkeys

via YouTube:

Helping Hands is a great organization that trains capuchin monkeys to help people with disabilities with every day tasks such as fetching items, loading DVDs, and even face scratching! The monkeys are amazingly intelligent and provide a great source of companionship. For more information about Helping Hands please visit them at www.monkeyhelpers.org

Triangle's Ablevision is a national, award-winning television show produced by people with disabilities. For more information about Ablevision, to donate, or to order DVDs, please visit www.ablevision.org

Fun with Amputees- What to do with an empty pant leg

Love this video from the series by x360xgamer over on YouTube. Recommend the whole series of videos, which talk about serious - and funny- issues he deals with as an amputee.

Courage Center Shining Star award: Jenny Mundo, quadriplegic

Q&A about Flying as an Amputee

Rainbow- a song about Autism and ASD

via YouTube:
Rainbow" was composed, performed and produced by Matthew Lien for World Autism Day and ASD Care Network.

CALL FOR PHOTOS: This was originally produced for ASD Taiwan and the current video is temporary. We will soon create a final version AND WISH TO USE photos THAT you provide us, rather than the many stock images we relied on for this temp version.

I hope like this video can be universal and available to ALL who have been touched by autism. So please, if you have a photo you would like to contribute, please email to info@matthewlien.com. Thank you!