A BRIEF HISTORY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MOVIE.wmv

Please share this with EVERYONE! I contracted polio at age 5 in 1951. I use a respirator to breathe 24/7 and a motorized wheelchair to get around. I drive my ramp-equipped minivan and give workshops on writing, computers, and art for people with disabilities. I have sold my artwork, plays, poems, articles and short stories, and Ive had a number of my books published, including: The Night-Light Zone: Short Stories To Read With The Night Light On; The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of: More Short Stories To Read With The Night Light On; Hollywood Homicide: A Harry Apple Mystery; A Child Of The Holocaust: A Non-Survivors Story Of Survival; The Whacking Of Maddy Exotica: A Sci-Fi Satire; Two-Character Plays For Student Actors; On Stage!; Sucking Air, Doing wheelies: Memoirs of a Fifties Polio Survivor (my autobiography); and The Landscape of My Disability in Original Poems and Paintings. My artwork has been exhibited in my local public library, at Hofstra University, at The Long Island Center for Independent Living, and at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. My artwork has also been used on greeting cards.

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[kz2g]

@silvertip185 Thanks for your comments. Please spread the word about this YouTube video.

[silvertip185]

Thank you for the video, I think it encapsulated disabled history well, though Ed Roberts was quadriplegic not paraplegic. I've protested and celebrated with ADAPT. Wonderful group of people. I don't know what's necessary to continue bringing disabled people into activism but knowing our history may be the best start. Understanding people came and fought before might inspire people to continue the fight.

[kz2g]

@birds16ful thanks for your comment. join me on facebook. take care.

[birds16ful]

Hi My name is Michaela, I am 17 yrs old, I am 4'10 tall & I have Hemiplegia Cerebral Palsy.