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Running Out of Spoons: Self Care When You Have a Disability

By Meriah Nichols

Despite what popular culture says, we all know that people with disabilities are not actually the same (ha!), and that what will work with self care with our disability won’t necessarily work for someone else’s.

Read on www.meriahnichols.com

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Noel Joyce: A Disabled Designer’s Perspective | Inspirefest 2019

Noel Joyce, design director at the Shenzhen HAX Accelerator, presents his talk on making an impact today for everyone’s future at Inspirefest 2019.

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2019
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Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space

If every disabled character is mocked and mistreated, how does the Beast ever imagine a happily-ever-after? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour and linking the quest for disability rights to new kinds of...

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Amanda Leduc
2025
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What’s Disability to Me?

Meet Bernard, a person with disabilities who fully participates in life. This video is one in a series of disability-themed videos in support of the first-ever World Report on Disability. More videos are available at World Health Organization’s website.

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2012
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Using Eyes as Opportunities to Strengthen Emotional Intelligence | Melissa DiVietri | TEDxDetroit

How emotional intelligence strengthens your relationships to be more empathetic and self-aware of your surroundings. Learn how survivor Melissa DiVietri, overcomes daily challenges as a permanently disabled person who defines limitations.

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2020
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A Disability History of the United States

Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation.

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Kim E. Nielsen
2013
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Changing How We See/Serve People With Physical Disabilities | Joy Wagner | TEDxBarringtonAreaLibrary

Joy Wagner is the developer of the fitMS® rehabilitation program, dedicated to providing services and support to MS patients and others with neuromuscular conditions. Joy Wagner, received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Iowa.

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2017
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The Invisibles: Parenting With a Disability

Guthrie resident Kim Watson overcomes the physical and emotional challenges of parenting with a disability.

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2018
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment

James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental...

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James I. Charlton
2000
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage. Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara.

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Haben Girma
2020
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How One Woman with a Disability Learned to Love Her Body Through Dancing | Today Original

Tommy DiDario talks with Tiffany Geigel, a professional dancer born with a rare bone disorder. She never let her disability stand in the way of her dreams, and she transformed her disadvantages into her superpower.

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2019
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