/tags/disability Disability en-US Copyright Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-11-08/disability-fashion-design-designer-inclusion-inclusive-adaptive Mainstream adaptive fashion lines are relatively new, but creating clothes to fit and flatter a range of bodies has long been part of disability culture. Anita meets three disabled fashionistas who design with disabled bodies as a starting point, not an afterthought. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-11-08/disability-fashion-design-designer-inclusion-inclusive-adaptive Audrey Smith, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus /show/embodied/2024-07-12/disability-love-stories-pride-writer-writing-intimacy An essayist, activist and novelist discuss love, disability and how writing has shifted their relationship with others and themselves. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-07-12/disability-love-stories-pride-writer-writing-intimacy Paige Miranda, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /2024-06-11/charlotte-manufacturer-offers-paycheck-and-independence-to-those-who-are-blind A nonprofit textile manufacturer in Charlotte, called Lions Services, has multimillion-dollar contracts to produce gear such as backpacks and hydration carriers for the U.S. military. The meticulous sewing is done by a workforce that is mostly blind or visually impaired. Tue, 11 Jun 2024 06:37:12 GMT /2024-06-11/charlotte-manufacturer-offers-paycheck-and-independence-to-those-who-are-blind Elvis Menayese /race-demographics/2023-12-30/civil-rights-leader-removed-from-movie-theater-for-using-his-own-chair A civil rights leader was escorted by police out of a North Carolina movie theater after he insisted on using his own chair for medical reasons. Sat, 30 Dec 2023 14:07:56 GMT /race-demographics/2023-12-30/civil-rights-leader-removed-from-movie-theater-for-using-his-own-chair Associated Press /race-demographics/2023-05-01/people-under-guardianship-in-nc-would-have-more-rights-and-information-under-proposed-revamp-of-statutes Laws on guardianship in North Carolina have remained unchanged for decades, and advocates say they don’t reflect changes in the field that call for more information and expanded rights for people whose lives are put under the control of another person, agency or business. Mon, 01 May 2023 20:54:02 GMT /race-demographics/2023-05-01/people-under-guardianship-in-nc-would-have-more-rights-and-information-under-proposed-revamp-of-statutes Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp, Thomas Goldsmith, North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp /season-two-trailer/2021-05-05/disabled-dating-and-sex-in-the-body-you-have Anita surprised herself with judgements she made about others with only a photo to go on during her years of online dating. Such bias and misconceptions are something folks with physical disabilities contend with every day on the apps...and IRL. | Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram @embodiedwunc. Wed, 05 May 2021 07:00:03 GMT /season-two-trailer/2021-05-05/disabled-dating-and-sex-in-the-body-you-have Anita Rao, Grant Holub-Moorman, Kaia Findlay, Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Jenni Lawson /show/the-state-of-things/2020-11-02/lex-gillette-world-record-long-jumper-from-raleigh While he sprints toward the sand pit, his coach shouts and claps to offer direction. 16 steps. That is all it takes before Lex Gillette flies. After… Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:16:43 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-11-02/lex-gillette-world-record-long-jumper-from-raleigh Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /sports/2020-11-02/lex-gillette-world-record-long-jumper-from-raleigh While he sprints toward the sand pit, his coach shouts and claps to offer direction. 16 steps. That is all it takes before Lex Gillette flies. After… Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:16:43 GMT /sports/2020-11-02/lex-gillette-world-record-long-jumper-from-raleigh Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-28/thousands-of-nc-families-await-help-for-special-needs-kids For families with special needs children, putting kids into institutional care is often a desperate act of last resort. Many parents and caregivers prefer… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-28/thousands-of-nc-families-await-help-for-special-needs-kids Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /health/2020-07-28/thousands-of-nc-families-await-help-for-special-needs-kids For families with special needs children, putting kids into institutional care is often a desperate act of last resort. Many parents and caregivers prefer… Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:00:00 GMT /health/2020-07-28/thousands-of-nc-families-await-help-for-special-needs-kids Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio