#shane burcaw

[autisticallyfeisty]

I was hoping the cast of How to Dance in Ohio wouldn't be the kind of people who think they're better than other autistic people

but then I read an interview where the show's composer is saying several cast members asked him if any of the characters were meant to have autistic accents and he and the librettist were proud to say they did not.

so there goes that hope.

this made me curious to know what the cast members sound like, so I watched an interview and uh

...most of them have noticeable autistic accents lmao

[dear-indies]

Can't make any promises, but if you slap some names for fat and/or disabled down and where to find them...

Hey anon! Thank you so much for offering but please remember that there's no pressure to make them! I don't know where to get media but I'd suggest joining @supportcontentcreators' server as they have a section for that. Here are some people who have been in popular media that you should be able to get your hands on them easily though:

Taylor Wily (1968) Samoan - is in Hawaii 5-0.

Daryl Mitchell (1965) African-American - is paraplegic, is in Fear the Walking Dead and NCIS: New Orleans.

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism, is in Mayans M.C.

Nick Frost (1972) - is in The Nevers, Into the Badlands, and Why Women Kill.

Dana Gourrier (1979) African-American - is in The Hateful Eight, Interview with the Vampire, and Raising Dion.

Chrissy Metz (1980) - is in This is Us.

Beth Ditto (1981) - is queer - is in Monarch.

Jolene Purdy (1983) Japanese / English, Scottish, Irish, German, at least 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish - is in Firefly Lane and a movie that's going to be out called Unseen.

Ryan O'Connell (1986) - has cerebral palsy and is gay - is in Spacial and Queer as Folk.

Atkins Estimond (1987) Afro-Haitian - is in Hightown.

Melanie Field (1988) - is queer, and is in A League of Their Own.

Britney Young (1988) African-American / European - is in GLOW.

B.K. Cannon (1990) - is in Why Women Kill.

Samson Kayo (1991) Nigerian - is in Our Flag Means Death.

Madison Ferris (1992) - has muscular dystrophy, is in Panic.

Bronwyn James (1994) - is queer - is in Harlots.

Esmeralda Soto (1998) Mexican - The Most Beautiful Flower.

Lauren “Lolo” Spencer (35+) African-American - has ALS, is in The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Here are people with youtube content too:

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh (converted to Judaism).

Anna O'Brien (1984)

Sarah Rae Vargas (1988) Mexican.

Stevie Boebi (1988) - has EDS and PoTS - is a lesbian.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has hypermobile EDS with marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness - is a lesbian.

Nabela Noor (1991) Bangladeshi.

Thais Carla (1991) Brazilian.

Shane Burcaw (1992) - has spinal muscular atrophy.

Molly Burke (1993) - is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa.

Lewis Capaldi (1996) - has Tourette's syndrome.

Taylor Reilly (1997) - has chondrodysplasia punctata which caused scoliosis, trouble breathing, and unilateral deafness.

Kaiit (1997) Papuan / Gunditjmara, Torres Strait Islander - is non-binary and uses she/he/they.

Let me know if you'd like more specific suggestions!

[iniyasyalibrary]

Laughing At My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw

Title of the novel: Laughing At My Nightmare

Author: Shane Burcaw

Genre/s: Non-fiction, Memoir, Diverse

Number of pages: 272

Lexile level or grade level suggestion: 1110L

Summary - Laughing At My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw, is a memoir written by Shane Burcaw himself about living with spinal muscular dystrophy, all the effects this disorder has had on his life, and how he maintained his humorous yet positive outlook on life.

"As my disorder has progressed, my mind has gotten even stronger. It's strange to think that the thing that makes my body so weak is the same thing that has given me my unbreakable spirit" (Burcaw, 2014, p. 3).

Genre is a memoir of the author, written by the author himself, and gives enlightening insight into how he lives with his disability.

Reading of the novel – I would read this whole group.

Teaching of the novel - I would also hold Socratic seminars with this book, with supported materials like ted talks or author interviews to hear more perspectives from people with disabilities.

[kindsoulbuddy]

Big Win for accessibility thanks to Shane and Hannah Burcaw!! (Squirmy and Grubs).

[dear-indies]

Hey, I hope you don't mind me reblogging this but I have so many suggestions for people with youtube content and/or interviews and thought it might be helpful if I listed them here for other people too?🥺

Fat / Plus Size - some do have more followers on Insta!

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh (converted to Judaism).

Itziar Castro (1977) - is a lesbian.

Jana Schmieding (1981) Miniconjou Lakota Sioux, Sicangu Oyate Lakota Sioux.

Anna O'Brien / GlitterAndLazers (1984)

Kristin Chirico (1984) Cayuga, Seneca, Italian, and Irish - questioning their gender, explaining it as “encompassing a lot of things” but is not yet sure if she’s non-binary or a gender non-confirming woman - is bisexual and demisexual - has OCD.

Louise Pentland (1985)

Ericka Hart (1986) African-American - non-binary (she/they) - is a breast cancer survivor.

Nicole Byer (1986) African-American - has said she “doesn’t identify as straight” but doesn’t like labels.

Aidy Bryant (1987)

Emilia Fart (1989) - is a lesbian.

Harvey Guillén (1990) Mexican - is queer.

Nabela Noor / nabela (1991) Bangladeshi.

Thais Carla / ThaisCarlaa (1991) Brazilian.

Kornbread Jeté / Demoria Elise Williams (1992) African-American - is trans.

Lesego Legobane / Thickleeyonce (1993) Black South African.

Stella Williams (1995) African-American / Mexican.

Rebecca / bearybecca (1996) Dominican, Cuban.

Lewis Capaldi (1996) - has tourette's syndrome.

CHIKA / Chika Oranika (1997) Nigerian - is queer.

Sierra Ann (?) African-American.

Samantha Jo / samanthajo_ (?)

Daquana White (?) African-American.

Kaiit (1997) Papuan / Gunditjmara, Torres Strait Islander - non-binary (she/he/they).

Corissa Enneking / FatGirlFlow (?)

Ashley Lopez / SuperAshley127 (?) Unspecified Latine.

MissJemima (?) Afro Haitian.

Shannon Shortcake / ShanShortcakeBeauty (?)

Disabled:

Peter Dinklage (1969) - has achondroplasia.

Warwick Davis (1970) - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism.

Josh Sundquist (1984) - is a leg amputee.

Ali Stroker (1986) - is paraplegic and bisexual.

Tim Renkow (1989) Mexican Jewish - has cerebral palsy.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has Hypermobile EDS with Marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness.

Jordan Bone (1990) - is quadriplegia.

Eric Graise (1990) African-American - is a bilateral amputee.

Jo Beckwith / FootlessJo (1991) below the knee amputee.

Shane Burcaw / SquirmyandGrubs (1992) - has spinal muscular atrophy.

Ricky Berwick (1992) - has Beals-Hecht syndrome.

Molly Burke (1993) - has retinitis pigmentosa.

Stef Sanjati (1995) - is trans and has Waardenburg Syndrome.

Lauren “Lolo” Spencer / Sitting Pretty Lolo (1996) African-American - Lou-Gehrig’s disease.

Taylor Reilly (1997) has Chondrodysplasia Punctata which caused scoliosis, trouble breathing, and unilateral deafness.

Georgia Rankin (1998) - has skeletal dysplasia, had her hip bones removed, and uses a wheelchair.

andddd:

Dominique Jackson (1975) Afro Tobagonian - is trans.

Michaela Coel (1987) Ghanaian - is romantic.

Erika Ishii (1987) Japanese - non-binary (she/they/any).

Mame-Anna Diop (1988) Senegalese.

Arrows Fitz / ARROWS (1990) trans non-binary (he/they/she/it).

Olly Alexander (1990) - non-binary and gay (he/him).

Sushant Divgikar / Rani KoHEnur (1990) Indian - genderfluid (he/she/they).

Nyma Tang (1991) South Sudanese.

Vico Ortiz (1991) Puerto Rican - non-binary (they/them).

might be making another small gif pack with logan lerman’s most recent interviews from youtube. would really appreciate some more suggestions to add to the list! i’ll welcome any faceclaim i can gif youtube videos for  &  bonus points if they’re poc, plus size or otherwise diverse. no guarantee i’ll get to them soon but i would love to be introduced to some new fcs you’d like to see resources for.

[rafaelsilvasource]

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[cryptcatz]

love shane burcaw and his wife hannah’s YouTube channel squirmy and grubs. hate how so, so many ppl see a visibly physically disabled man and refuse to believe he could possibly have a beautiful, abled wife.

“obviously they MUST be pretending, he MUST be paying her, she’s GOTTA just be his maid or something…why would she WASTE her life caring for this man when she can have an abled one instead?? it doesn’t make sense 🤔” these ppl can’t believe he’s dated multiple other abled woman before this one, too

i find myself avoiding watching them because i know i’ll look at the comments, and i know i will see all of that and more being said, and it genuinely ruins my whole fuckin day. as a disabled person it makes me feel like i will never find a significant other, because why chose me when they can chose an abled person? i am just a burden. im not worth the effort. i am inherently unlovable.

[beckmd]

Combining motivating advice from a book I’ve read (12 Rules - Jordan B Peterson) and the inspirational attitude and positivity of a blogger/YouTuber (Shane Burcaw) I have decided to blog about my own life.

Aspirations obstacles and outlooks. My life has had a mixture of all of these, I have a neuromuscular condition called Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy it has changed my life, my outlook and my aspirations over the years. I hope you will join me on this journey through the rollercoaster of life and if I can share any inspiration or motivation with you in the words of Shane “it will make me smile today”.

[teal-gerard]

hannahayl: If the past two years of having a YouTube channel have taught me anything, it's that you're never going to be able to educate everyone. No matter what you do, some people will just never come around. Worrying about these people's opinions is a waste of time, and as time has gone on, it's become so much easier to have no internal reaction to comments like these. A few years ago, reading words like these was painful. For a while, I held on to the idea that once Shane and I were married, all the people doubting our relationship would realize it was real. Now, of course, I'm not that naive. Although it's taken time, I'm able to completley dismiss people like this. Shane and I continue to make content and share our story with the hopes of showing as many people as we can that disabled people are worthy partners. Comments like these only encourage us to continue! We're so grateful for all of the people that our story has managed to reach in a positive way.

x youtube channel x laughing at my nightmare charity

[bestweddingvendors]

“Little did she know, I was using full tongue.” - Shane Burcaw ❤️

We love Shane’s sense of humor and are so happy for the beautiful couple on their union! ✨

[reallovee]

‘I married my best friend’: YouTube’s interabled influencers break another stigma with their fairytale wedding

‘I married my best friend’: YouTube’s interabled influencers break another stigma with their fairytale wedding

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Our faith in love and ever lasting relationships that beat the odds got re-instilled as YouTube’s influencer couple, Shane Burcaw and Hannah Aylward, broke another stigma with their interabled marriage last week. The duo has been documenting their interabled relationship, on their YouTube channel Squirmy and Grubs, for four years before they finally got married on September 4 and shared…

[nessataylorsversion]

[Shane Burcaw I’m really enjoying Taylor Swift’s new album, but I’m really really enjoying referring to everything as “gauche” now that she taught me the word.]

Shane Burcaw is a hilarious personality and disability advocate, please follow him on social media and check out his organization Laughing at my Nightmare.

[dear-indies]

Hey, I guess this new Twumblr is not into giving notifications on its messenger. Can you point me (and others) toward content you would like GIFs of for disabled FCs? And what size (width, height, file size) should they be? (I haven't made GIFs in a long time, okay.) I probably won't get to do anything until the weekend but one can dream that it'll be sooner.

Hey! Thank you so so much. There's a masterlist HERE of actors with roles listed and then thee are people with content available on youtube! I'd honestly I'd love medium-sized gifs I don't know their exact size but you can find loads of them in the "gif pack" tag anddddd I'll bold the people I'd personally love resources of but anybody would be wonderful.

Channels:

Spencer West (1981) - double-leg amputee and is gay.

Josh Sundquist (1984) - is a leg amputee - also has posted some shorts!

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has hypermobile EDS with marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness, also has ADHD - is a lesbian.

Jordan Bone (1990) - is quadriplegic.

Sweet Anita (1990) - has Tourette's syndrome including coprolalia, is demisexual.

Jo Beckwith (1991) - is a double leg amputee.

Shane Burcaw (1992) - has spinal muscular atrophy.

Hannah Witton (1992) - has ulcerative colitis.

Molly Burke (1994) - is blind and demisexual.

Lauren Spencer (1996) African-American - has Lou-Gehrig’s disease - worth noting that she's also an actress!

Briel Adams-Wheatley (?) Brazilian - is a double leg and arm amputee and is a trans woman - has tiktok content that gif icons can be made of!

Shorts:

Prince Amponsah (1985 or 1986) Ghanaian - is a double arm amputee, with his right arm amputated above the elbow and his left arm amputated below the elbow.

Jacob Mundell (?) - congenital hand amputee - has posted his demo reel which would make a great small pack!

Joci Scott (?) woman of colour but otherwise unspecified - is paraplegic - posts short scenes on her youtube which would also make a great small pack!

Interviews:

Michael J. Fox (1961) - has Parkinson’s Disease.

Warwick Davis (1970) - has spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita.

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism.

Kurt Yaeger (1977) - is a leg amputee.

Rana Daggubati (1984) Telugu Indian - is blind in one eye.

Ali Stroker (1987) - is paraplegic and bisexual.

Josh Thomas (1987) - is autistic, has ADHD, and is gay.

Ruth Madeley (1987) - has spina bifida.

Melissa Johns (1990) - is an arm amputee.

Steve Way (1990) - has muscular dystrophy.

Sky Cubacub (1991) Filipino - non-binary (they/them and xem/xyr) - anxiety, panic disorders, depression, C-PTSD, PCOS, unspecified environmental illnesses and undiagnosed stomach disorder.

Danielle Perez (?) Afro-Dominican - lower leg amputee and is queer.

Zion Clark (?) African-American - is a double leg amputee.

+ as always please feel free to leave suggestions either for this ask or for my masterlist!

[fiercereadsya]

New April Books are here! Which of these new releases are you adding to your TBR?

[lintzforever]

Such cuties ❤️

[novelistra]

NoveList's Juvenile Brain Trust is a group of readers' advisory librarians and metadata librarians who focus on books for kids and teens. Once a week, the JBT gets together to catch up and share books. On 7/31/2019, we discussed:

Strangers Assume my Girlfriend is My Nurse, Shane Burcaw

Bad Boys of Fashion, Jennifer Croll, illustrated by Aneta Pacholska

Have you read any of these books? What do you think of them?

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