Goal Ball
10/4/2022Join us for Goalball from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Rec Center for Goalball. Goalball is a Paralympic event for visually impaired and blind individuals. Teams are made up of six players, with three playing at a time. Individuals that…
10/4/2022
As part of Disability Awareness month, Student Accessibility Service is hosting a film night on October 11 from 7-9pm.
The film fest will be showing some films from public domain.
No worries! Below are films that have characters who are diagnosed with a disability. These films display some barriers their disability present them and how the are able to overcome these barriers.
A writer who retires after a personal tragedy and becomes a disabled teen’s caregiver. When the two embark on an impromptu road trip, their ability to cope is tested as they start to understand the importance of hope and friendship. (rottoetommatoes.com)
This documentary introduces the U.S. quad rugby team — a team composed entirely of young paraplegic men. Using special wheelchairs and very little protection, the players play full-contact competitive rugby, using rules only slightly altered to accommodate their limitations. The film follows the team as they discuss the sport, their lives, and how they ended up in their chairs to begin with, while they play their way to the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. (Rottoentomatoes.com)
This is an autobiography of Christy Brown. Christy was born with cerebral palsy in Dublin, Ireland. The movie goes through his journey of how he learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb -his left foot. (imbd.com)
This is a movie about Forest Gump who has an intellectual disability along with a physical disability growing up. The movie goes through his life story about how he overcame obstacles and inspired many people along the way.
A biography of Ron Kovic. He was looking forward to fighting for his country in Vietnam. He was injured and came back paralyzed which caused him to see the war and the world in a different light. He became an anti-war and pro-human right political activist after feeling let down by the country he loved. (imbd.com)
Join us for Goalball from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Rec Center for Goalball. Goalball is a Paralympic event for visually impaired and blind individuals. Teams are made up of six players, with three playing at a time. Individuals that…
As part of Disability Awareness month, Student Accessibility Service is hosting a film night on October 11 from 7-9pm. The film fest will be showing some films from public domain. Can’t make the Film Fest? No worries! Below…
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