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16 Mar

October 22, 2006 - Eight-year-old disabled Bhopal girl sets swimming record

Original Source: DailyIndia.com
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Oct.22 (ANI): Eight-year-old Eera Parihar’s mental disability might have restricted her to compete with other children of her age, but that did not come in her way to achieve a swimming record.
Eera has done her parents proud by swimming one kilometre in a 40-kilometre lake, considered the biggest lake in [...]

16 Mar

February 25, 2007 - Lifeguard with Down syndrome excels

Original Source: The Connecticut Post
By BRIAN A. POUNDS bpounds@ctpost.com
Little Charlie Beri edges her toes to the lip of the pool, bending her knees tentatively and raising her arms in preparation to jump.
Waiting in the pool for the 3-year-old is Lisa Ellis, an instructor in the Fairfield YMCA’s preschool swim classes for the last six years.
Ellis, [...]

12 Mar

House Gang (1996-1998)

Major Character with a Disability: Trev, Belinda, Robert
Actors with Disabilities: Saxon Graham, Ruth Cromer, Chris Greenwood
Short Description
Suddenly broke, a father and his adolescent daughter move in with their three tenants. But father and daughter are shocked to learn that they now share a house with three people with an intellectual disability, and a motorbike-mad social [...]

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