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Netflix Releases Series About Gay Man With Cerebral Palsy
Just in time for Cerebral Palsy Awareness Time, Netflix releases the trail to its new series about a gay guy with cerebral palsy, “Special.”
Ryan O’Connell takes his book, “I’m Special: And Other Lies We Narrate Ourselves,” and turns it into a television series, where he takes center stage. This series is about a 20-year old lgbtq+ man with cerebral palsy who is trying to spin his life around the way he wants.
O’Connell revealed his life in his book, which he’s now taking to Netflix, in a series with 15-minute episodes.
Ryan, who’s also the main ethics in the story, has mild cerebral palsy. He struggles to build a career and mainly communicates with people through text communication. Ryan sees adulthood ahead of him and wants to turn his animation around.
A major part of the story is how people treat him with his disability. In an interview with Vulture, O’Connell opens up about the difficulties of living with cerebral palsy.
In the interview, he explains that it was more tough living with cerebral palsy than living as a male lover man. He explains how able-bodied people would treat him differently because of his disability, and woul
New memoir 'Leg' explores gay pride and how author didn't know he had cerebral palsy until he was 30
SAN FRANCISCO -- Growing up with a disability is one thing. Growing up with a disability that has been kept secret from you for decades while you deal with being same-sex attracted, having a mom going through chemotherapy and a father dying of ALS is... On. Another. Level.
We haven't even gotten to the part where a boyfriend hides a devastating secret.
And yet, somehow, Greg Marshall's debut book "Leg" is a comedic memoir.
"I wouldn't wish to read a book about cerebral palsy and cancer and ALS and all the relax without it existence funny," Marshall told ABC7 News Anchor Reggie Aqui. "And I certainly wouldn't want to contain lived that experience. Humor is a way of making it through."
This Event Month we are showcasing new works by LGBTQ authors as part of 'Reggie's Exclusive V.I.P - only Pride-vate Book Club (where everyone is invited).'
Greg Marshall has always had a striking limp. His parents told him the problem with his leg was 'tight tendons.' It was actually cerebral palsy. He wouldn't understand the real reason why he
Cerebral Palsy and LGBTQ
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Some children and adults with cerebral palsy are also part of the LGBTQ community. Stigma still exists for disabled and LGBTQ individuals, which means they are vulnerable to bullying and discrimination. Thankfully, today’s society is more accepting of sexual orientation and identity than ever before, and there are many resources available to support individuals.
Bullies Target LGBTQ Kids With Cerebral Palsy
According to the Anti-Bully Alliance in the UK, more than 65% of disabled LGBTQ children and teens have gone through intense homophobic, biphobic, or transphobic bullying, more so than non-disabled LGBTQ peers.[1]
The Atlantic reports that numerous LGBT kids said there had been several times when they told their teachers about bullying issues, but they did nothing to help. The lack of action resulted in many students developing deep depression and, in some cases, self-harm.[2]
Despite all of society’s advances in acceptance of sexual orientation and
'Special': Groundbreaking new Netflix series stars gay man with cerebral palsy
Netflix’s new series “Special” is an unconventional comedy about a lgbtq+ man with cerebral palsy. The show, which debuts Friday, has eight 20-minute episodes and is based on actor Ryan O'Connell’s memoir: “I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves.”
O’Connell stars in the series and serves as its executive producer, alongside “The Big Bang Theory” celebrity Jim Parsons.
In a recent interview with NBC News, O’Connell said it was “a shock” for him that the series “actually made it to the conclude line.”
“It feels very surreal, because I didn't ponder that any of this could be possible,” he said. “I’ve been working in Hollywood for six years now, and I know that even the top ideas, even the best shows, with the best talent attached, the odds of one actually getting shot and made and released is very medium rare."
“Special” is based on O’Connell’s life living with cerebral palsy, a motor disability that affects one's ability to move and maintain balance and posture, and his real-life decision to falsely claim his limp as the outcome of a car accident.
“I felt like I had achieved this ama