What life was like having a sibling with Down Syndrome in 1939.

Youth with disabilities(motivation) Emily has a speech impairment, and has had it since she was 7 years old. Find out what motivates her!

This is my mother’s experience having her first child and finding out that they were severely premature.

Kathryn is a student at Capital University. Even though she is 20, she has lived a full life ranging from being a college to having a super rare disease.

An interview with Amy Bosco about her experiences as a blind person in education, family, dating, and more.

The 2016 election was unprecedented in more ways than one. This oral history recalls the origins of #CripTheVote, a nonpartisan online movement activating and engaging disabled people on policies and practices important to the disability community. Created at the beginning...

Inspiring others

Conducted in Santa Cruz, California, student Kayla Penny (age 15) interviews Susan Fisher (age 45) about a childhood story and the effect it had on Susan’s future. Fisher shares her story of dealing with individuals troubled with mental health such...

Kim talks about her experiences with stereotypes around having a disability

Nasiah had a disabled child this is her story of him

Nancy Herzog describes her life as a mother, raising four children all with different biological fathers. She talks about the hardships of raising a child with a disability.

In this interview, conducted on November 26, 2017 in Middletown, New Jersey, Sophie Dalfonzo (14) interviews her grandmother Pearl Siegel (70) about her life story. Ms. Siegel talks about how her family traveled from Poland to Germany to America and...

My dad and I talk about his disability, and how his life is since becoming disabled.

Zoey talks how not being normal shaped who she is.

I talk to my mom about her experience growing up after experiencing a stroke at birth.

daniel the Russian the ballroom dancer

In multiple schools, Colleen Bowen has helped many children with both mental and physical disabilities. In this interview she explains how she got involved, the patience it takes, and the lessons she’s learned though her former job.

Xeres speaks about how she grew into leading her life

In my interview, I talked about how I used my caring and patient personality to help a kid who was hard of hearing and had learning disabilities.

In and out of the foster care system her whole life Shay defeats the odds or beats the odds. In fact her goal is to make a difference from a disability standpoint in the foster care system