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Prosopometamorphopsia (PMO [1]), also known as demon face syndrome, [2] is a visual disorder characterized by altered perceptions of faces. In the perception of a person with the disorder, facial features are distorted in a variety of ways including drooping, swelling, discoloration, and shifts of position.
Face equality is a social movement that seeks to normalize and de-stigmatize facial disfigurement (FD), and, by extent, lessen prejudice towards individuals with facial disfigurements. [1] The term and corresponding movement was founded in 2008 by UK-based charity Changing Faces .
Kitty Cone (April 7, 1944 – March 21, 2015) was an American disability rights activist. [1] She had muscular dystrophy. [2] She moved to the California Bay Area in 1972, and began working as a community organizer for the disability rights movement in 1974.
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In 1986 she began to use a wheelchair after a series of accidents and surgery. In the late 1980s she started Disability Focus, Inc., and was involved in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). A 1991 research grant on the impact of the 504 sit-in led to a television program.
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Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) delivered an emotional speech about his disability to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.. Mr Fetterman spoke via video message ...
Note: This category's interpretation of disability is quite broad, and may include people with medical conditions that may not typically be considered disabled. See also Category:People with disabilities .