From the moment she was born, Michelle Kungl has been fighting — for her life, for independence, for every breath. She has battled every obstacle with a warrior’s spirit, but now, as an adult, she is up against her most daunting barrier yet: Ontario’s rule-bound social assistance system. (The Star.com)
Allen J. Proctor, has worked as a top executive at institutions as diverse as Harvard University (CFO and Vice President for Finance), New York City (Deputy Budget Director), New York State Financial Control Board (Executive Director), and Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Division Chief). Proctor earned his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in economics and forecasting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham is 22 (at this filming) and from Las Vegas, Nevada. Aaron, who was born with spina bifida, was adopted into a family of six children and used a wheelchair from an early age. Wheelz went to his first skate park aged 8 with his older brother and after watching from behind the fence, his brother challenged him to drop into the bowl himself.
Katherine Beattie is an adaptive sports athlete for Box Wheel Chairs and WCMX. Katherine suffers from Spastic Quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy,
also known as Spastic Tetraplegia, that affects all four limbs (both arms and legs).
There’s no such thing as a stupid question, right? Wrong!
In a video shared by BBC The Social, a woman from Scotland named Bea has revealed all the stupid questions people have asked her because she’s deaf. While Bea says she welcomes questions to help others learn more about the hearing impaired, she’s received some pretty shocking inquiries.
Among the most brutal of the bunch include, “How do deaf people have sex?” and “How do deaf people have babies?” (Ugh.)