SpecialStories

CD: The Best of Judy Small: Word of Mouth
Song Description
The song is written in a first person point of view describing the songwriter’s efforts to learn to communicate with important people in her life.
SPEAKING HANDS, HEARING EYES
words & music by Judy Small
Jeffrey is just six year old, the biggest smile you ever saw
And there’s so [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Bonnie Richmond (played by Shoshannah Stern)
Actors with Disabilities: Shoshannah Stern
First Broadcast on CBS (US Network) in September, 2006
Information from tv.com

Mushroom Cloud
Main Cast
Skeet Ulrich - Jake Green Ashley Scott - Emily Sullivan
Lennie Jame - Rod Hawkins
Kenneth Mitchell - Eric Green
Pamela Reed - Gail Green
Gerald McRaney - Johnston Green
Darby Stanchfield - April [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Jake Malinak (played by Alex Desert)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
Becker is a dedicated and talented physician who’s extremely devoted to his medical practice in Bronx, N.Y but he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind.
First Broadcast on CBS (US Network) in November, 1998
Main Cast:
Ted Danson - Dr. [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Mike Longstreet (played by James Franciscus)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
Mike Longstreet is an insurance investigator whose eyesight was destroyed but continues to solve cases.
First Broadcast on ABC (US Network) on November 18, 1971
Main Cast (in alphabetical order):
James Franciscus - Mike Longstreet
Ann Doran - Mrs. Kingston
Peter Mark Richman - Duke Paige
Marlyn [...]

A Unique Actress
Marlee Matlin is currently the actress with a disability (she has a hearing impairment) that is getting roles in many movies and tv shows.
Oscar for: Best Actress (1987) for Children of a Lesser God
Official Website

Marlee Matlin
Movies starring Marlee Matlin

What the #$*! Do We Know!? (2004)
Sacred Science (2002)
Ollie (2001)
Two Shades of Blue (2000)
In [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Thad Stone (played by Tyrone Giordano)
Actor with a Disability: Tyrone Giordano
Short Description
An uptight, conservative, businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family’s annual Christmas celebration and finds that she’s a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Main Cast
Claire Danes - Julie Morton
Diane Keaton - Sybil [...]