Dancing with the Stars Shines Light on Disability

Autor: Zein Oweis

Article found on the RespectAbility : Fighting Stigmas Advancing Opportunities website.

Highlights the cast members that have appears on Dancing with the Stars who are disabled, along with a brief backstory for each person, and the season in which they were contestants.

Includes:

Paralympian Victoria Arlen , Debbie Gibson who was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2013, Shark Tank investor Barbra Corcoran who has dyslexia. Violinist Lindsey Sterling who has struggled with anorexia, Nyle DiMarco, a Deaf model, Double-amputee Paralympic Amy Purdy, Veterans J.R. Martinez, who sustained third degree burns on over 30% of their body, and Noah Galloway, who was injured in Iraq in 2005, resulting in the loss of his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee.

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