Recent Event Highlights: See No Evil Hear No Evil, and 15 more...
Created by tmanthei on Oct 27, 2010
Last updated: 10/27/10 at 08:17 PM
This reality show on TLC shows people the difficulties and joys of being a little person. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_People,_Big_World
This movie raised a lot of controversy over some people's beliefs that the movie's intentions were making fun of people with disabilities. The movie's actual intention was to show that people with disabilities are just like everyone. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267891/
This movie depicts the life and career of the legendary popular music pianist, Ray Charles who is blind. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350258/
After a brilliant mathematician who is asocial accepts secret work in cryptography, he gets diagnosed with schizophrenia. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/
Sam is a father with a mental disability. The movie is about his fight to keep his daughter and raise her with the help of his friend. http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/mediascoop.html
Simon is a little boy with a huge heart. He is not wanted by his parents from the day he is born because of the way he looks, but deep down he knows that he is destined to be a hero. This movie shows that people with disabilities have the ability to accomplish great things and are heroes to everyone. http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/kidsweb/mediascoop.html
Forrest Gump struggled growing up in a world that wasn't very kind to those who weren't very smart. Forrest showed viewers that everyone is capable of great things. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/
Gilbert has to care for his mother and his brother Arnie. Arnie is a young boy who has a learning disability. Gilbert finds it hard to find time for his own life. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108550/
A young girl who has a mental disability finds love in an eccentric man. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106387/
Two men work together to stop a group of murdering thieves. One of the men is blind and the other is deaf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_No_Evil,_Hear_No_Evil
A soldier becomes paralyzed after fighting in the Vietnam War. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096969/
Life Goes On was the first television series that had a cast member who had down syndrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Goes_On_(TV_series)
This film helped improve public awareness of the failure of many agencies in America to accommodate people who have an autism. This film showed that even people who have an autism have special skills. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/
Geraldo Rivera revealed to millions how bad facilities were for people with mental disabilites. This caused people to be emotionally invested in making these types of facilities better. http://www.arcmass.org/StateHousePolicy/
This television show featured a dectective who was wheel-chair bound. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironside_(TV_series)
A celebrity fundraiser benfited the Shield of David which was an Institute for children who were mentally disabled. Dick Clark was one of the celebrities in attendance. http://www.museumofdisability.org/flash/media_timeline/flash_media_timeline.asp
Based on a book written by Jane Ward. A woman is put into an insane asylum but is able to get better and return to her husband. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040806/
The Wizard of Oz opened in theaters in 1939. The cast consisted of approximately 120 munchkins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)
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