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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 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...
Breaking the Stigma: Elite Athletes Open Up About Mental Health
This guest post was written by Sophia Jean When Gymnastics star and Olympic champion Simone Biles arrived at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, everyone expected her to sweep through the competitions and deliver breathtaking performances. However, the pressure and stress that...
Hello Goodbye Dog
Purchase a hard copy of Hello Goodbye Dog here: https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Goodbye-Dog-Maria-Gianferrari/dp/1626721777 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv99iQ4v_Ao >> Hello, hello, hello. Welcome to Fun for the Disabled Presents Children’s Books for the...
The Prominent Occupation of the Sightless in China
By Hongji Feng CHONGQING, CHINA In the past twenty years of my life, I have never walked into a blind massage parlor - people from countries like the United States probably have never heard of it. A massage given by blind therapists is an actual thing in China, and a...
Top 10 Tips to Avoid Housing Discrimination
[TRANSCRIPT with visual descriptions: Text on screen reads: Accommodate Me or Litigate Me Part 2: Housing Discrimination. Vanessa A. Harris, P.E. and Professor Allison K. Bethel, Esq. Fun4thedisabled.com | UIC John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic. Vanessa...
Accommodate Me or Litigate Me Part 1 -Housing Discrimination and COVID-19
[Transcript with visual descriptions: Fun 4 the Disabled logo appears on the screen. On-screen text reads: For a full transcript of this video and more like it, check out fun4thedisabled.com. Vanessa Harris appears on screen, joined by Allison Bethel on a separate...