Brainwaves Video Anthology
Janice Cuny - Broadening Participation in Computing
Janice Cuny is the Program Director for Computing Education at the National Science Foundation. The CRA (Computing Research Association) board selected Janice E. Cuny to receive the 2007 A. Nico Habermann Award for her dedication,...
Independent Producers
Women Veterans of Vietnam
Most of the more than 7,000 US women who served in Vietnam were nurses. In this public radio story you hear first hand from a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam. The experience had a strong impact on her life. She later realised she...
Bedtime History
Helen Keller’s Inspiring Life
Helen Keller was a pioneer in the disability rights movement. She was also a pacifist, advocate for workers’ rights, and supporter of women’s suffrage. Her life began with childhood struggles when she lost the ability to both see or...
Barcroft Media
7-Year-Old Model With Down Syndrome Takes To The Catwalk
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl born with Down Syndrome is building a successful child modelling career. Grace Isabella Wharton from Cheshire, UK, signed with an agency last year and has already worked a number of jobs for the likes of Disney and...
Independent Producers
"Guts" and Stress Relief
Everyone has fears and worries of one kind or another. When dealing with them, it can be helpful to have support and to know that others have similar feelings. The book Guts, by Raina Telgemeier, is the story of Raina, a young girl who...
KERA
3-D Printed Arms and Legs Help Kids Play Sports
People who are missing an arm may use a high-tech artificial limb to help them with everyday activities such as eating or writing. These prosthetic limbs are very expensive, however, which means that it does not always make sense to use...
Youth Radio
13 Reasons Why Not
In response to the popular, yet controversial Netflix show "13 Reasons Why," one school began sharing some personal stories from students struggling with suicidal thoughts. Instead of sharing the reasons why someone might make the choice...
Barcroft Media
Gymnast With Down Syndrome Defies Doctors
A 26-year-old woman with Down Syndrome - who didn't start walking until she was two - has succeeded in the world of gymnastics and is now hoping for more success as a model. When doctors told Ray and Lisa Werner their daughter had Down...
WYPR
The Perseverance of Strong Women
Many people have mothers or grandmothers who inspire courage and tenacity when facing adversity. This audio story focuses on women who sacrifice and provide for their families, especially when times are tough. One recent high school...
Curated Video
Hearing but Deaf
Some people who are deaf use assistive technology such as hearing aids or cochlear implants to help them hear. Others feel that using assistive technology impacts a deaf person’s identity. One teenager who was born deaf has had cochlear...
Barcroft Media
The Girl Who Doctors Can't Diagnose | BORN DIFFERENT
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - UNDATED: NINE-YEAR-OLD Katie Renfroe suffers with a condition so rare that it doesn't even have a name. Katie was diagnosed with megalencephaly at birth, a growth development disorder characterised by the...
Barcroft Media
Being Disabled Doesn’t Stop Us Being Great Parents
WATFORD, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 27: A FAMILY from Watford, England, want the world to know that life can be the same when living with disabilities. Faye Pearson, 29, and her husband Stevie, 26, are parents to 18-month-old Rowan. Both of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yonty Friesem - Digital Empathy
Yonty (Jonathan) Friesem is the Associate Director at the Media Education Lab and an Assistant Professor of multimedia production faculty at the department of communication, Central Connecticut State University. He received his PhD from...
Science360
Robots, soccer, and the staying power of Short Circuit - Scientists & Engineers on Sofas
Soccer aficionado and RoboCup champion DARwin-OP and robotics expert Alex Leonessa recently sat down with Thi Le in the NSF library to talk about robots of all kinds, and discuss how research in robotics could help do much more than just...
Food Farmer Earth
An Urban Farm Feeds Local Neighborhood with Help from Disabled
Tim Donovan, who calls himself "a farmer and maker," leads the agriculture team at Project Grow, a program of Port City Development Center, an arts and farming organization that works with adults with disabilities. The project brings...
Youth Radio
Teen Girls and Positive Social Media Messages
Social media has the power to influence our personal lives as well as the world around us. In this audio story, you will hear about a group of teenage girls who took to social media to fight bullying and to effect change in their...
Curated Video
Guiding Principle - Inclusiveness
In this video, we will cover a guiding principle - inclusiveness. This clip is from the chapter "AI Workloads and Considerations (15-20%)" of the series "AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Video Course + Ques".In this section, we...
Barcroft Media
Model With Down Syndrome Challenges Beauty Stereotypes: BORN DIFFERENT
THE first model with Down Syndrome to front a beauty campaign is hoping to shake up the industry and prove that "beauty belongs to everybody." Katie Meade is the first to admit that people with Down Syndrome, as well as other...
Guinness World Records
The Magical Journey of a Harry Potter Collector with Disabilities
Victoria has the largest collection of Wizarding World memorabilia, spanning Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises. She has dyslexia, dispraxia and other disabilities, and her message is to not let disabilities hold you back. Use...
Science360
Mind-controlled Quadcopter demonstrates new possibilities for people who are paralyzed
With support from the National Science Foundation, biomedical engineer Bin He and his team at the University of Minnesota have created a brain-computer interface with the goal of helping people with disabilities, such as paralysis,...
Science360
Mind-controlled quadcopter demonstrates new possibilities - Science Nation
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), biomedical engineer Bin He and his team at the University of Minnesota have created a brain-computer interface with the goal of helping people with disabilities, such as paralysis,...
Barcroft Media
The Beauty Company Staffed By Individuals With Disabilities
A BEAUTY company employs people with disabilities to provide them with opportunities. Blush & Whimsy is a startup in New Mexico selling lipsticks with a difference. The New Mexico company was founded in 2016 by Michaela Brown after she...
Global Ethics Solutions
Respect and Fair Treatment: A Diverse Workplace
Diversity can mean a lot of things in the context of the workplace. What kinds of diversity are there in the workplace? What are the goals of diversity? How can we be collaborative and unified, yet be diverse in the workplace? These and...