SpecialStories

CD: Heart of the Appaloosa
Song Description
The song describes an encounter between the singer/narrator and a dynamic woman in a wheelchair. It relates the trials and tribulations of life in a wheelchair from someone with a healthy attitude towards life. The song is done in the talking blues style of Woody Guthrie.
From the lyric:
I went for [...]

Major Character with a Disability:coroner Albert RobbinsActors with Disabilities: Robert David Hall
Short Description
Solving crime in Las Vegas using forensic science
Main Cast:
William Petersen - Gil Grissom
Marg Helgenberger - Catherine Willows
George Eads - Nick Stokes
Gary Dourdan - Warrick Brown
Jorja Fox - Sara Sidle
Paul Guilfoyle - Captain Jim Brass
Robert David Hall - Dr. Al Robbins
Eric Szmanda - Greg [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Robert Ironside (played by Raymond Burr)
Actors with Disabilities: none

Ironside and his team
Short Description
Ironside continues to fight crime from his wheehchair after being paralyzed by a gunshot.
First Broadcast on NBC (US Network) in September 14, 1967
Main Cast (in alphabetical order):
Raymond Burr - Robert Ironside
Don Galloway - Detective Sgt. Ed Brown
Don Mitchell [...]

Players with a Disability: Everyone in the cast listed below
Short Description
A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Main Cast:
Keith Cavill
Joe Soares
Mark Zupan
Andy Cohn
Scott Hogsett
Bob Lujano
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Producers: Jeffrey V. Mandel, Dana Adam Shapiro
Official Movie Website
Long Description

Murderball
Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, Murderball, [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Luke Martin (played by Jon Voight)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jon Voight), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda), Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones)

Movie poster
Short Description
A woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Christy Brown (played by Daniel Day-Lewis)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Brenda Fricker)

Christy and his mother
Short Description
Christy Brown who was born with cerbral palsy struggles to develop his talents.
Main Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis - Christy Brown
Brenda Fricker - Mrs. [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Lt. Dan Taylor (played by Gary Sinise)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Oscars for: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks; Best Director: Robert Zemeckis; Best Picture: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Eric Roth; Gary Sinise was nominated for Best Actor in [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Professor Charles Xavier (played by Patrick Stewart)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
Mutants with various super powers struggle for acceptance in society while battling evil doers who are both mutants and non-mutants.
Main Cast:
Hugh Jackman - Logan/Wolverine
Patrick Stewart - Professor Charles Xavier
Ian McKellen - Eric Lensherr/Magneto
Famke Janssen - Jean Grey
James Marsden - Scott [...]