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the New York Times. He also said that she hadn’t been able to speak for the past year, which is not uncommon when people with Down syndrome have Alzheimer’s. Her father told the outlet that she called Down syndrome her “up syndrome.” After growing up in Santa Monica and studying acting at Santa Monica College, Friedman had her breakout role as Amanda Swanson on the ABC show “Life Goes On,” which aired from 1989 to 1993.

five-minute TikTok video, shared on Friday, Bode explained that it was fine for audiences to dislike the character, admitting that she is “complex.” However, she criticized fans for highlighting her disability and poking fun at it. “Aggressive comments and jokes about Nessa’s disability itself is deeply uncomfortable, because disability is not fictional,” Bode explained. “At the end of the day, me, Marissa, is the person that is still disabled and in a wheelchair.

actor. “To me, it was just extraordinary.” Sullivan begged her parents to let her audition for a play, too.

The Matt Morgan Podcast,” Gallagher said he was initially unable to get up close to the stage where the VIPs usually watch performances. Instead, he and his friends watched from the tent’s disabled platform, admitting he didn’t initially realize the purpose of it.After flashing his all-access pass, he told security, “This lot are with me, and we walked onto this platform – unbeknownst to us it was the disabled platform.”The controversial performer went on, “I said, ‘See that pass mate? It gets me any-f–ing-where.”Laughing, Gallagher said he would tip a disabled fan out of their wheelchair in order to get his son a better view.“I gotta say, those disabled cats have a great view of everything,” he added.His comments prompted mass fury from UK’s disability charity Scope, which slammed the musician on Twitter.Noel may belittle the experience of disabled music fans.

being dragged by disability advocates on social media on Monday, Lizzo has responded to her use of an “ableist” lyric. Her statement comes after social media users nearly canceled her for the lyric: “Do you see this s- -t? I’m a sp-z.”“It’s been brought to my attention that there are [sic] is a harmful word in my song ‘GRRRLS,'” the “Truth Hurts” songstress wrote on Twitter.“Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I’ve had many hurtful words used against me so I understand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally.)“I’m proud to say there’s a new version of girls with a lyric change.

under the fire of “ableist” term burn. Disability advocates on social media are fuming over the bodacious pop diva’s brazen use of the word “sp-z” — a common American colloquialism for the term “spastic” that means something much more offensive in UK — in the new song “Grrls.” And digital detractors are demanding the lyric either be changed or Lizzo be canceled. “[Lizzo] pls change ur new song to take out the ableist slur. It is not too late to humbly listen and remove a word that is derogatory and harmful and painful.

Jason Momoa), who’s trying to protect his twin children from witch hunters and the ruthless Queen Kane (Sylvia Hoeks), since the twins have the ability to see, which is regarded as heresy in this world. Morse plays Frye, a witch hunter working with the Queen. Morse, who’s also a director, writer, and producer, lost his vision in 2009 due to a rare mitochondrial disease.