DisABILITY In Media

Landing on the PBS Documentaries channel soon: A personal memoir amplified by cultural and medical inquiry, filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman searches for belonging within the little people community.

The Tallest Dwarf streams on the PBS documentaries YouTube channel starting April 6.

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Don't miss a terrific film screening of The Tallest Dwarf, happening one week from today, Tues. March 24th at Newton Free Library in Druker Auditorium at 6:30pm. The Tallest Dwarf follows filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community and unpacks rumors of dwarfism in her own family. Panel discussion after the film with Becky Curran (UOD Board member) and Nyree Kibarian, moderated by Jack Lovett. Event co-sponsored by UOD, the library, and City of Newton Commission On Disability. Doors open at 6PM, event is free and accessible. Details here: https://newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com/event/15807966

Inspired by the documentaries featured on PBS’ Independent Lens, this is an Indie Lens Pop-Up event meant to strengthen community connections.

Join us for THE WORLD LOOKS DIFFERENT SITTING DOWN, written and performed by Teal Sherer, as she tells her tale of confronting the world at crotch level, busting open misconceptions and limitations about life as a wheelchair user.

THE WORLD LOOKS DIFFERENT SITTING DOWN
Two Weekends Only | Feb 20 - Mar 1
www.seattlepublictheater.org/sittingdown

⭐ Open captioning for all performances and additional seating for wheelchair-using patrons. For the best view of open captions, reserve seats in the middle section.

Casting is underway for the World Premiere of The Snow Goose, a new musical premiering at Goodspeed in Summer 2026.

Performers with disabilities are encouraged to submit. AEA and non-union performers welcome. Travel, housing, and audition accommodations available.

🔗 josscasting.com/snowgoose for full details

ACPA is sharing this opportunity in support of inclusive and accessible representation in the performing arts.

For Two Weekends Only, Enter the absurd world of Teal Sherer.

Have you ever become invisible in Whole Foods? Or fielded a stranger’s question about your sexual functioning? The World Looks Different Sitting Down is her tale of confronting the world at crotch level to bust open misconceptions and limitations about life as a wheelchair user.

Drawing from traditions of standup comedy, theater, and dance, Teal’s storytelling weaves together realism with heightened physical theater for a bold, unapologetic evening that’s hilarious, enraging, and heartrending.

THE WORLD LOOKS DIFFERENT SITTING DOWN
Written and Performed by Teal Sherer
Directed and Choreographed by Jessica Wallenfels
February 20 - March 1. 2026
www.seattlepublictheater.org/sittingdown

Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an internationally recognized boundary of space that's 62 miles above Earth, on its next mission.

Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/JMRBO1

The State of Disability Representation on Television Join the Geena Davis Institute on Dec 3 for a virtual event revealing how authentic disability representation on TV can change culture and inclusion. %