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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 ...
Harrison Bergeron is the fourteen-year-old son of George Bergeron and Hazel Bergeron, who is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, a genius, and an extraordinarily handsome, athletic, strong, and brave person. George Bergeron is Harrison's father and Hazel's husband. A very smart and sensitive character, he is handicapped artificially by the government.
Tom Whittaker (born 1948 in York) was the first disabled person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. [1] Whittaker's right foot needed to be amputated following a car accident in 1979. Following this serious accident, he regained his strength and continued climbing. He was educated at Idaho State University.
Hawkins, 23, whose rap sheet includes assaulting an NYPD officer, was hit with attempted murder and assault charges by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Kamel Hawkins was arrested for ...
The unknown person who wrote it said that they had video of her walking away after leaving her car in the space, something she should be ashamed of as she's clearly not handicapped.
Greek police have arrested a man accused of systematically abusing mentally handicapped people on videos live-streamed for paying customers on social media. A police statement said the 35-year-old ...
On March 1, 1989, an intellectually disabled 17-year-old girl was raped with a broomstick and a baseball bat by members of the Glen Ridge High School football team in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. This event attracted nationwide attention, mainly due to the perception that the assailants had been given special treatment by the school and local ...
Mentally disabled woman who was tortured and stabbed to death by "The Greensburg Six" Jennifer Lee Daugherty (November 8, 1979 – February 11, 2010) was an American woman from Greensburg , Pennsylvania , who was killed by her supposed friends, in an act of revenge, in February 2010.