DISABILITY - CLOSE UP Video Interviews

Donated kidney to animal rescuer needing rescue

“WHERE IS YOUR KIDNEY?” “Well, one of my kidneys is in North Carolina right now.” Hillary Rettig had been reading and thinking about donating a kidney for a few years.…

January 20, 2013

DISABILITY Poverty WORK

Can you give her a couple dollars?

Personable "Flower" accosts passersby for money to get something to eat while sitting on the bench at the bus stop on Evergreen near Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. She…

November 29, 2012

DISABILITY Food and Drink HEALTH

Losing the sense of smell

A young woman who realized in college that, without a doubt she wanted to become a chef, grabbed the offer to start as the dishwasher in a famous Boston restaurant…

April 30, 2012

ART DISABILITY Elderly

Blind, they sculpt

Michael Gieschen, who lost his vision due to retinitis pigmentosa, sports a tee-shirt emblazoned with a group of walkers under the words “Blinds to Go” the name of his team…

February 16, 2012

CARS AND VEHICLES DISABILITY TECHNOLOGY

Can do wheelies on his wheelchair

Jim Leonard combats the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis with the assist of an advanced mobility vehicle. No glorified “seat with wheels” Leonard’s device can zip through a mall at…

August 15, 2011

DISABILITY Food and Drink HEARING

Friends, one blind, walk Chestnut Hill

I'VE SEEN YOU GENTLEMEN WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY YEARS. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT'S YOUR ROUTINE? JM: My name is John Manola. WT: And I am William Talero.…

November 29, 2010