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The Fundamentals of Caring

2016

A man suffering a family loss enrolls in a class about care-giving that changes his perspective on life.

97 min

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Disabled People Who Play Professional Sports

Sports are obviously full of strong people, you can’t argue with that. But there are some professional athletes in the world who can definitely give the word “strong” a whole new meaning.

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2020
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09:20

Being Disabled Doesn’t Stop Us Being Great Parents | Born Different

A family from Watford, England, want the world to know that life can be the same when living with disabilities. Faye Pearson, 29, and her husband Stevie, 26, are parents to 18-month-old Rowan. Both of their conditions are progressive, however, neither was passed onto their son, Rowan.

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2019
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The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World

This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe.

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Al Etmanski
2025
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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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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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The Psychology of Grit

Grit is very good to call upon in problematic situations like becoming paralyzed.

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Allen Rucker
2021
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Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability

Nineteen people from across the globe, ranging in age from twenty to seventy-plus, tell their stories of living and thriving in diverse fields — in sport, the arts, medicine, business and more.

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Lily Collison, Kara Buckley
2025
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Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans from World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation

Wheels of Courage tells the stirring story of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who were paralyzed on the battlefield during World War II-at the Battle of the Bulge, on the island of Okinawa, inside Japanese POW camps—only to return to a world unused to dealing with their traumatic injuries.

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David Davis
2022
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Run, Don’t Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center

In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape.

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Adele Levine
2015
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How Lorenza Bottner’s Prescient Art Created Space for Disabled and Trans People

At Documenta 14, the 2017 edition of the touted art festival that takes place once every five years in Kassel, it was an artist heretofore unknown to much of the art world who stole the show: Lorenza Böttner, a German painter, dancer, and performance artist who, in the ’80s and ’90s, began...

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Alex Greenberger
2021
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