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The Specials is a reality television series that follows the lives of five friends with intellectual disabilities living together in the same house in Brighton. [1] The five young-adult housemates, Sam, Hilly, Lewis, Megan, and Lucy, aged between 19 and 23, include individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome .
Television shows about disability, the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors. Disabilities can be present from birth ...
Freedom Machines is a 2004 PBS/P.O.V. documentary that looks at disability in the age of technology, presenting intimate stories of people ages 8–93, whose talents and independence are being unleashed by access to modern, enabling technologies.
The show follows the life of learning-disabled Rosie Yates, along with her parents Emily and Simon, and her older brother Ben. Both series are set in Rosie's present, but the writing features frequent flashbacks to her infancy and pre-school life (around ten years previously), when her parents were gradually learning of Rosie's disability.
Kennedy High School on WMAQ-TV's It's Academic in 1967 Student quiz shows have appeared on television as both local and national programs since the second half of the 20th century. The following is a list of quiz programs that have aired on local or national television, featuring teams from schools, colleges, or universities in academic ...
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo offers a number of scholarships totaling $20,000 to Toledo, Ohio-area students with disabilities. Students must live in Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Henry, Ottawa ...
Tuition for college programs accommodating intellectual disabilities costs up to $30,000 a year Existing scholarships for these students are limited, usually offering only a few thousand dollars a ...
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]