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Peanut Butter Falcon – Opinion Piece

August 6, 2019 By Jason Ross

The Peanut Butter Falcon is a movie that can inspire the disability community. Zack Gottsagen is a disabled actor with Down Syndrome who plays a person with Down Syndrome struggling to fulfill his dreams while living in a nursing home. … Read More “Peanut Butter Falcon – Opinion Piece”
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Media Representation of the Disability Community

May 22, 2019 By Jason Ross

The representation of people with disabilities in the media is an important effort to be inclusive and accurately represent the diversity of our communities. Unfortunately, there are too many examples in which mass media misrepresents the disability community without care… Read More “Media Representation of the Disability Community”

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