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Paradise Faces the Bully
Purchase a physical copy of Paradise Faces the Bully here: https://www.booksbyanthonys.com/product-page/paradise-faces-the-bully -[George the Puppet] Hello, I'm George and I'm here to say welcome to our fun show for the day. Fun 4 the Disabled is here to...
Fitness with Friends: Big 7
Join us at #fun4thedisabled as we share our first video in the #FitnesswithFriends series! This series is a set of videos designed to be accessible to those with disabilities, and make it easier to get moving! All Fitness with Friends videos have both an ASL...
A Conversation with Chicago MOPD Commissioner Rachel Arfa
SPEAKER: Thank you for watching. And for a full transcript, visit fun4thedisabled.com. We hope you enjoy. VANESSA HARRIS: This is Vanessa Harris of Fun 4 the Disabled. I'm here with Commissioner Rachel Arfa, the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office for the City of...
Destigmatizing Mental Health Part 5: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
-[Female voiceover] Did you know that about 4-6% of the U.S. population has ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, better known as ADHD, is a medical condition that affects a person’s ability to focus, pay attention, or manage their behavior. The condition is...
Destigmatizing Mental Health Part 4: Dyslexia
Welcome to the first episode of Hidden Heroes, a series about celebrating the strengths of learning disabilities and mental illness. In today's video, we are exploring the experiences of people with dyslexia as well as some of the hidden advantages that we may not see...
Destigmatizing Mental Health Part 3: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
-[Vanessa] Hello! This is Vanessa Harris with Fun4TheDisabled.com. Welcome to Destigmatizing Mental Health, our series in which we explore the strengths that people bring to the table who have varying mental health disorders. We believe that there needs to be more...
Destigmatizing Mental Health Part 2: Depression & Anxiety
-Mental health should be prioritized and viewed by our society just like physical health. Did you know that 264 million people live with depression worldwide? Or that 40 million adults over the age of eighteen in the United States have anxiety disorders? Depression...
Destigmatizing Mental Health Part 1: Bipolar Disorder
This video addresses the media’s flawed depiction of people with Bipolar Disorder. Depictions of mental illness in general have had a problematic history, from romanticizing disorders such as depression to wildly inaccurate depictions of schizophrenia.
Paradise and the Pandemic
Purchase a physical copy of Paradise & the Pandemic here: https://www.booksbyanthonys.com/product-page/paradise-and-the-pandemic-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IonVVCoCqvc -[George the Puppet] Hello, I'm George, and I'm here to say, welcome to our fun...
The Skin You Live In
Purchase a physical copy of The Skin You Live In here: https://www.ipgbook.com/the-skin-you-live-in-products-9780975958001.php?page_id=21 -[George the Puppet] Hey everybody, it's George, here back with another fun tale to share. Fun4theDisabled is happy to present...
IntersectionALLIES
Purchase a physical copy of IntersectionAllies here: https://www.dottirpress.com/intersection-allies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjmaCDZW-t4 -[George the Puppet] Hello, I'm George, and I'm here to say welcome to our fun show for the day. Fun 4 the Disabled...
Sitting Down with A Maverick for Change in Mexico: Andres Balcazar
Check out our latest blog post on Universal Design practices implemented in Mexico and beyond! This blog written by Vanessa Harris, Sophia Jean, Hongji Feng and Ellie Benton was based on an interview Vanessa Harris conducted with Andres Balcazar. The blog post...