I spend a lot of my time talking about the state of disability representation in media. It’s never been a good time to be disabled, and movies and television have only perpetuated the belief that our ...

Can a summer camp change the world? If you’re talking Camp Jened in upstate New York, a place that welcomed kids with disabilities for a generation, the answer is yes. “It was a utopia,” camper Denise ...

I put off watching the new Netflix documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. As a disability rights colleague commented on my Facebook page, “Sometimes, when a film is loudly touted as ‘it’s ...

Barack Obama made a surprise appearance during one of the “Crip Camp” socially distanced workshops, with the former president sharing video from the virtual visit Sunday, a day that all marks the 30th ...

Oh, how I wish I had gone to Camp Jened. Although I had never heard of the place six months ago, after watching the remarkable documentary ‘Crip Camp’ on Netflix I discovered a summer camp where ...

Everybody knows about the Woodstock concert back in 1969 where peace and love were there for everyone to enjoy, except maybe if you were someone with disabilities and weren’t able to walk for miles in ...

In the early 1970s, a then 15-year-old Jim LeBrecht spent a summer at Camp Jened in upstate New York. For LeBrecht, who was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, the experience at a hippie-run ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Most “4th of July movies on Netlfix” lists would point you to patriotic war movies like White House Down or Patriot’s Day. Both of those films are on Netflix, if that’s ...

A documentary about the emergence of the disability rights movement produced by former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama is up for an Academy Award. “Crip Camp: A Disability ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This week, in recognition of International Day Of Persons With Disabilities ...

Marketplace’s “Econ Extra Credit” team kicked off the summer with the 2020 documentary “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.” The movie tells the story of Camp Jened, located in upstate New York back ...

Everyone knows the name Martin Luther King Jr. for leading the Civil Rights Movement, just as everyone knows the name Harvey Milk as a tragic martyr for LGBTQI+ rights. Now, it’s time everyone learns ...