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Dying Young is a 1991 American romance film directed by Joel Schumacher. [3] It is based on a novel of the same name by Marti Leimbach , and stars Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott with Vincent D'Onofrio , Colleen Dewhurst , David Selby , and Ellen Burstyn . [ 4 ]
Better Off Dead? begins with Carr and disabled people recounting experiences where others had told them that if they had the same condition, they would rather be dead; they also share times where people said that they should commit suicide to stop being a "drain on society". Carr rejects the term "assisted dying" and prefers "assisted suicide ...
The Brooke Ellison Story premiered in 2004, based on Ellison's 2002 memoir Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey. The television film was directed by Christopher Reeve, the star of Superman, who himself had quadriplegia. Ellison was portrayed by Vanessa Marano as a child and Lacey Chabert as a teenager. It is also notable for ...
It's being called a story of extraordinary brotherly love - an 8-year-old boy determined to have his younger brother with special needs live a full, normal life helped him complete a youth triathlon.
Related: Story of Special Needs Disabled Pig Being Rescued Is Touching People's Hearts "Disabled pig can't control her happiness with prosthetic boots," the video's onscreen caption reads ...
Stuck in Neutral is a young adult with cerebral palsy and explores themes of quality of life, ableism and euthanasia. [22] 1838 Smike Nicholas Nickleby: Charles Dickens: He has deformed limbs and has intellectual and communication difficulties related to the abuse he has suffered. [23] 1915 Gregor Samsa: The Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka
Freak the Mighty is a young adult novel by Rodman Philbrick.Published in 1993, it was followed by the novel Max the Mighty in 1998. The primary characters are friends Maxwell Kane, a large, developmentally disabled, but kind-hearted boy, and Kevin Avery, nicknamed "Freak", who is physically disabled but very intelligent.
Patrick Henry Hughes's story was dramatized in the 2015 movie I Am Potential, written and directed by Zach Meiners and starring Jimmy Bellinger as Patrick Henry, and Burgess Jenkins as his father. [5] [6]