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UK Oscar winner’s sign-language speech raises profile of ‘silent disability’

 By KEVIN RAWLINSON, THE GUARDIAN Rachel Shenton, who wrote and starred in short film The Silent Child, used speech to highlight often overlooked area of diversity Much of the talk before Sunday’s Oscars ceremony was about Hollywood’s moral compass. After 2016’s Oscars So White debacle and the Time’s Up movement, attention was particularly drawn towards […]

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Berkeley disabled rights activist finds overdue spotlight in documentary ‘Hale’

By Brandon Yu SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE At dusk on a recent Thursday afternoon, Hale Zukas is sitting outside of the Berkeley Public Library, having his photograph taken. Two twentysomethings walk by and ask what is going on before one of them notices Zukas. “Oh, I know him!” he says. “He’s real Berkeley. I’ve seen him […]