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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.
A disability may be readily visible, or invisible in nature. Some examples of invisible disabilities include intellectual disabilities , autism spectrum disorder , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , mental disorders , asthma , epilepsy , allergies , migraines , arthritis , and chronic fatigue syndrome . [ 1 ]
William Douglas Porter [1] (September 9, 1932 – December 3, 2013) was an American salesman, who worked for Watkins Incorporated based in Winona, Minnesota.Born with cerebral palsy, [2] Porter's background and work was brought to the public's attention in 1995 when an Oregon-based newspaper published a series of feature stories about him.
Lehrer's work focuses on physical identity and disability. After moving to Chicago, she joined a group for artists with disabilities and began a series titled The Circle Stories. Lehrer is the curator for the Access Living Collection of Art [3] and an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [4]
SDS recognizes Judy Heumann for her five-decade career as a disabled activist who has changed the lives of every single disabled person in the United States and across the globe. Her work has shown the vibrancy and strength of the social model of disability and the power and importance of the disability rights movement's central mantra ...
The "disability con" or "disability faker" is not disabled but pretends to have a disability for profit or personal gain. [20] Examples include the character Verbal Kint in the film The Usual Suspects , who fakes a limp in order to take advantage of others, and is shown at the end walking out of the police station scot-free, and without the limp.
“I just felt, well, maybe I can write again,” Clarke added. “These people seem to think I'm a writer. Possibly, I am.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to ...
The film and the essays both discuss the intersection of disability and sexuality in O'Brien's life. In the essays, O'Brien writes from a "crip/queer" perspective to refute his own experience of sexual prohibition as a disabled person. [4] In some instances, disabled people are portrayed in film as incapable of having sex and expressing sexuality.