(Editor's note: this story originally appeared in United Disability Services' Kaleidoscope magazine. It is republished with permission.) Not many people perch precariously on the threshold between life and death. At the young age of 21, when most people feel they have their whole life in front of them, Mariam Paré was living in darkness with the lights off and the door … [Read more...]
Artist overcomes disability, gets second chance at his craft (Article and Video)
(Editor's note: this article originally appeared in Kaleidoscope magazine) As a young boy growing up on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, Kevin White loved comic books. When his mother or father would tell him to “go and do something,” he usually chose to go up into the attic and draw superheroes. He had a knack for replicating the characters he saw in his comic books. “At … [Read more...]