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Ali StrokerFirst actress who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony award.
Ali Stroker received the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as ‘Ado Annie’…
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Imani BarbarinDisability Activist, Founder of CrutchesAndSpice.com
Imani Barbarin is a disability rights and inclusion activist and speaker who uses her voice and social media platforms to…
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Lauren RidloffFirst deaf superhero, Marvel’s “The Eternals”
Lauren Ridloff stars as Marvel’s first deaf superhero opposite Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjani and Salma Hayek in the upcoming Eternals.…
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Nitika ChopraLearning How to Thrive with Chronic Illness
While Nitika’s career started over 10 years ago as the founder of a popular online magazine, the host of her…
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Santina MuhaDisabled Actress and Comedian
Santina Muha is a speaker, writer, actor, storyteller, host, and avid Marshall’s shopper. She grew up in New Jersey, where…
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Eternals Star Lauren Ridloff Shares Thoughts on Becoming Marvel’s First Deaf SuperheroEternals Star Lauren Ridloff Shares Thoughts on Becoming Marvel's First Deaf Superhero
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This new holiday movie starring Ali Stroker would have changed everything for my teenage selfAs a pop culture writer and lover of all things TV, I love cozying up on the weekends and watching holiday rom-coms -- but for me, there was always one…
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Ali Stroker gets candid on making history (again), kissing plexiglass in Lifetime movie ‘Christmas Ever After’Ali Stroker is making history — again. After becoming the first performer in a wheelchair to win a Tony award last year for her role in Broadway's revival of "Oklahoma!,"…
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‘Sound of Metal’: Meet Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Lauren Ridloff and rest of the cast of Amazon Prime’s drama film'Sound of Metal' was released theatrically on November 20, 2020, and will be streaming on Amazon Prime Video on December 4, 2020. 'Sound of Metal' stars Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke,…
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Ali Stroker- The Star of Lifetime’s New Christmas Movie on Filming a Kiss Scene Through PlexiglassTony winner Ali Stroker explains what it’s like to smooch through a transparent barrier.
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“Christmas Ever After”: Ali Stroker hopes to give disabled girls a romantic heroineAt long last, a disabled woman is portrayed as a character that is confident, ambitious, and desirable.
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