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Medjet is not a traditional travel insurance provider but a specialized medical evacuation service that offers plans similar to travel insurance. They focus exclusively on getting you to the best possible hospital, regardless of where it is located. Their 'Air Ambulance' style approach ensures that...

The documentary Ibelin explores the life of Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child. Ree meticulously recreated Steen’s extensive World of Warcraft gameplay through archived recordings and interviews. This project highlights the challenges faced by individuals...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations treaty adopted in 2006. It establishes international standards for protecting and promoting the rights of individuals with disabilities. The convention focuses on full and equal participation in society, ensuring accessibi...

The Elephant Man is a 1980 British biographical drama film directed by David Lynch and shot in black and white. It chronicles the life of Joseph Merrick, a man with severe physical deformities who is discovered working in a Victorian freak show by Dr. Frederick Treves, played by Anthony Hopkins. Joh...

'Crip Camp' tells the story of a summer camp for teenagers with disabilities that became a catalyst for the disability rights movement. The film is a heartwarming and inspiring look at community, activism, and the fight for equality. It highlights a crucial chapter in American history often overlook...

Crip Camp chronicles the history of Camp Jened, a summer retreat for teenagers with disabilities that fostered a crucial movement for civil rights. The film reveals how this camp served as an incubator for activists and demonstrates the power of community in challenging systemic discrimination. It’s...

Autobiography of a Face is a 1994 memoir by American poet Lucy Grealy. It recounts her childhood diagnosis with Ewing sarcoma in her jaw, the removal of part of that jaw, and years of reconstructive operations and social scrutiny. Grealy examines how illness, disfigurement, and other people's reacti...

The Miracle Worker is a 1962 biographical drama directed by Arthur Penn, depicting the early relationship between Helen Keller, a deafblind girl in late-nineteenth-century Alabama, and her teacher Anne Sullivan. Anne Bancroft stars as Sullivan and Patty Duke as Keller, both reprising roles they orig...

Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered is a fan-made port of the 2012 visual novel Katawa Shoujo, originally developed by the international team Four Leaf Studios. The original game follows a student with a cardiac condition attending a school for students with disabilities. Re-Engineered is a community proje...

Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award. Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But...

My Left Foot (1989) is an Irish biographical film in which Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Christy Brown, a Dublin-born artist and writer with cerebral palsy who painted with his only controllable limb; Day-Lewis won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Naoki Higashida’s *The Reason I Jump* is a poignant memoir detailing the experiences of a young autistic man living in Japan. Published in 2007, it provides a unique and deeply personal insight into the challenges faced by individuals with autism spectrum disorder due to heightened sensory sensitivi...

Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a contemporary romance novel by Talia Hibbert, published in 2019 as the first book in the Brown Sisters trilogy. Chloe Brown, a chronically ill computer specialist, creates a list of experiences she hopes will make her life less restricted and asks Redford Morgan, her buil...

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is a 2024 Norwegian documentary directed by Benjamin Ree about Mats Steen, a young man who lived with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and died in 2014. After his death, his parents learned that he had formed an extensive network of friendships through World of Warcraft, whe...

Reginald G. Golledge was an Australian-born American geographer whose research helped establish behavioral geography and the study of spatial cognition. He examined how people perceive, learn, and navigate environments, including the mental representations used in wayfinding. His later work addresse...

"The Story of My Life" is a 1903 autobiography by Helen Keller, written when she was 22 years old. The book chronicles her early life in Tuscumbia, Alabama, the illness that left her deaf and blind at 19 months old, and her breakthrough education under Anne Sullivan. Keller details how she learned t...

"Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story" is a 2024 biographical documentary film co-directed by Ian Bonhote and Peter Ettedgui. It chronicles the life of actor Christopher Reeve, examining his rise to fame playing Superman and his later activism following a 1995 horse-riding accident that left him p...

Because You'll Never Meet Me is a young adult novel by American author Leah Thomas, published in 2015. The narrative is structured as an epistolary exchange between two teenage boys, Ollie and Moritz, who are unable to meet in person due to severe medical constraints. Ollie has a seizure-triggering...

Murderball is a 2005 American documentary directed by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro. It focuses on quadriplegic athletes who play wheelchair rugby, commonly called murderball, and specifically follows members of the United States and Canadian national teams as they prepare for and compete i...

Dina is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini. The film centers on the evolving relationship between Dina Buno, an autistic woman, and Scott Levin, her fiancé who is also on the autism spectrum. It chronicles their courtship and the complexities of navigating t...

Miss Wheelchair World is an international beauty pageant founded in 2017 for women who use wheelchairs. The event is organized by the Polish foundation "I Can Do Everything" (Wszystko Mogę) and is hosted in Warsaw, Poland. It aims to advocate for the rights and accessibility of people with disabilit...

Miss Wheelchair America is a national pageant and advocacy program based in the United States. Founded in 1972, the competition is exclusively for women who utilize wheelchairs for daily mobility. Rather than focusing on physical appearance, the judging criteria emphasize personal achievement, advoc...

Miss Deaf World is an international beauty pageant specifically for deaf and hearing-impaired women, first established in 2010. Unlike traditional beauty pageants, Miss Deaf World focuses on celebrating deaf culture, raising awareness about issues facing the hearing-impaired community, and providing...

"Lock In" is a 2014 science fiction thriller novel by John Scalzi. The story is set in a near-future society recovering from a viral pandemic that has left millions of survivors with "Haden's syndrome," a condition of total paralysis and locked-in consciousness. These individuals, known as Hadens, i...

Breathe is a dramatic film depicting the life of Robin Cavendish, who became paralyzed due to polio at age twenty-eight. The movie highlights her resilience and determination alongside the support of her husband and innovative medical treatments of the 2010s. It’s a biographical story suitable for t...

The Theory of Everything (2014) is a British biographical drama directed by James Marsh depicting the life and marriage of physicist Stephen Hawking, with Eddie Redmayne winning the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The Upside is a 2017 American comedy-drama adapted from “The Intouchables.” It tells the story of Julian Phillips, a wealthy quadriplegic, and Clarence Pugh, a former convict hired to care for him. The film explores an unlikely friendship forged through contrasting backgrounds and circumstances. It’...

The Road Within is a 2014 American road drama written and directed by Gren Wells. It follows a young man who leaves a treatment facility with two other residents, and the trip becomes the framework for an ensemble story about mental illness, family conflict, and friendship. The film is an American r...

Me Before You (2016) is a British-American romantic drama directed by Thea Sharrock, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin, adapted from Jojo Moyes's 2012 novel and notable for sparking public debate over its portrayal of disability and assisted dying.