Friendly Faces: Supersized Edition!
Written by admin2 on May 30th, 2009Filed under: Uncategorized
A very special edition of “Friendly Faces”!
Glenda Watson Hyatt ROCKS SOBCon09!
All Access Blogging finds Glenda’s success heartening, and says: “our armies are gathering strength!“
And the Blogiverse is a-buzzin’…
Glenda hosts Tuesday’s Open Mic Night…and oodles of people leave comments.
Download Glenda’s SOBCon presentation as a free ebook by clicking here (PDF).
Oh, and Oprah…FYI: Glenda will be back in Chicago next May 
Read all Irked posts by Glenda >>
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Much, much more after the jump…
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Karen Putz meets Marlee Matlin!
Karen has launched KarenPutz.com.
Deaf and hard of hearing customers: contact Karen for a Z videophone!
Karen Putz and Glenda Watson Hyatt meet in person for the first time.
Karen performs a real-time T.W.D. (Tweeting While Drinking)! Read about it here, here, here, here, here,here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Karen feels a stomach ache coming on…
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David Roche was an eloquent guest on National Public Radio.
May 31st, 2009—Mill Valley, CA. The Power of Personal Storytelling Workshop with Dave Roche, Terri Tate and Jo Anne Smith.
Wheelie Catholic blogs about David.
Oklahoma Lefty blogs about David.
Read all Irked posts by David >>
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Rudely Interrupted was recently featured in a very awesome video segment on triple j TV!
Rudely Interrupted adds Irked’s logo to their “Media” section.
Rory Burnside: playing on in a life rudely interrupted.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Rudely Interrupted” >>
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Stuart Baker-Brown flies to Oslo to interview an ex-Prime Minister!
Read all Irked posts by Stuart >>
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Ricky Trione was recently part of the extremely prestigious Kennedy Center’s On Location: Spotlight on Your Community.
Watch a wonderful news segment of the event courtesy of ABC Channel 3’s Wear-TV.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Ricky Trione” >>
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Jim Allen’s photography is absolutely marvelous.
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Tony Clemens lowers his pricing.
Tony Clemens is up against the wall.
Tony’s stomach’s been bad again.
At the Royal Ontario Museum, eighteen portraits of homeless or formerly-homeless people holding signs with self-scrawled messages on them start outside the main entrance and continue, life-sized, just inside. The portraits, created by Dan Bergeron (who titled the series “The Unaddressed”) are part of Housepaint, the ROM’s multi-stage street art exhibit focused on homelessness. (See Tony approximately ¼ of the way down the page.)
Tony Clemens is famous.
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Anya Peters goes kayaking.
Anya Peters meets Rachel Weisz’s mom.
Anya Peters shares an astonishing story about the legendary Robert McKee.
Read all Irked posts by Anya >>
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Ken Flagg thanks Irked Magazine and calls our coverage “very cool”!
Ken Flagg thanks god for Benadryl.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Ken Flagg” >>
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Lynne Murray is planning to announce some positive publishing news, but she has to finalize it before she can talk about it.
Read all Irked posts by Lynne >>
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Elaine Hall, Founder and Creative Director of The Miracle Project, will be honored for her boundless work on behalf of children of all abilities and their families by Villa Esperanza Services on May 31st.
In April, Elaine was invited to speak as an Autism Enrichment Program Advocate and Ambassador at the United Nations in celebration of Autism Awareness Day. Here’s a short video of what UN Chief, Juan-Carlos Brandt, Advocacy and Special Events, had to say in advance of the videotaped event (.MOV).
Read all Irked posts tagged “Elaine Hall” >>
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Craig Grimes’ accessible.travel site (aka “The world’s first instant online booking engine for people with disabilities”) continues to evolve into a truly fantastic resource!
Craig Grimes sets the standard by setting the bar so high.
Could this be because Craig himself is so readily…accessible?
Read all Irked posts by Craig >>
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Nic Askew has never filmed in a high security prison before. Now he has.
Read all Irked posts by Nic >>
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Elyse Bruce, aka Lewis Schofield’s mom, writes an extremely powerful one.
Watch a wonderful video of Lewis and Elyse’s trip to WonderWorks in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Read all Irked posts by Lewis >>
Read all Irked posts by Elyse >>
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John Elder Robison has been keeping busy on the Twitter front.
John Elder Robison blogs for Psychology Today.
John Elder Robison in The Maneater.
Read all Irked posts by John >>
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Anna Quon’s been keeping busy on the book publishing front!
Anna Quon is in Cahoots.
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Aaron Fotheringham unveils a jazzy new website!
Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham listed as a “highlight” of this weekend’s Abilities Expo Southern California.
A new blog called Wheelchair Pride is “celebrating wheelchair heros [sic] like Aaron Fotheringham.”
Read all Irked posts tagged “Aaron Fotheringham” >>
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John Lytle DESIGNS Aaron Fotheringham’s jazzy new website!
John Lytle INTERVIEWS Aaron Fotheringham!
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Martin Neufeld has been selected by the Canadian World March organizers to be Canada’s official representative on the World March for Peace and Non-Violence…and he needs your financial support!
Read all Irked posts by Martin >>
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The 2009 Homeless World Cup attracts NYTimes coverage!
Homeless World Cup has a new Global Headquarters.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Homeless World Cup >>
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Planet Cancer celebrates Tom’s 29th birthday the 8th anniversary of Tom’s 21st birthday.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Planet Cancer” >>
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Helen McFadyen celebrates Peace and Motherhood.
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Drew’s sister Avery celebrates her 4th birthday!
Read all Irked posts tagged “Drew” >>
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Estelle Hébert’s sound documentary Passing Lines will premiere at the John Spotton Theatre (NFB) in Toronto on June 23rd, 2009 @ 9 PM, as part of the all-new DOC/NOW festival.
Read all Irked posts by Estelle >>
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Peaceful Schools International welcomes new friends, as Digby Elementary School hoists a new flag!
Peaceful Schools International is hosting the Art of Peace Summer Camp for 8 – 13 year-olds from July 13 -17 at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Peaceful Schools International” >>
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Terry Kelly teaches Maple Ridge Senior Public School students the value of perseverance.
Blind musician Terry Kelly uses his music to help Seva restore sight.
Read all Irked posts by Terry >>
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Laurie Toby Edison implores bloggers to unite.
Laurie Toby Edison reviews/previews the book Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Laurie Toby Edison has begun writing about her jewelry on live journal as laurieopal.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Laurie Toby Edison” >>
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Sometimes Karen Stuebing just wants to take photos of flowers.
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Riva Lehrer’s on Facebook. Connect with her.
Riva Lehrer’s art will be featured through June and July in Prairie Avenue Gallery’s Pride Show, in honor of gay pride month in Chicago.
Read all Irked posts by Riva >>
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David Gayes takes part in Blogging Against Disablism, and blogs about Susan Boyle.
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Philip Patston had a great final show in Wellington!
Philip interviewed on Concert FM.
Philip interviewed on National Radio.
A video interview with Philip courtesy of WalkingIsOverrated.com.
Read all Irked posts by Philip >>
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The Manitoba Theatre for Young People will premiere a new play about wheelchair wonder Rick Hansen.
Campbell River now has a TrailRider, thanks to the support of the Campbell River Rick Hansen Foundation Committee!
And hooray for the town of Milton’s Accessibility Advisory Committee!
Read all Irked posts tagged “Rick Hansen” >>
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Billy Bragg’s landmark Welsh tour begins on 5 June in Blaenavon.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Billy Bragg” >>
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Swan Songs has a segment on Google Video.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Swan Songs” >>
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Donna Williams explores the big problem of AUTI$TIC UNEMPLOYMENT.
Read all Irked posts by Donna >>
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Toronto-based James Stewart, aka ”The Ambassador of 3D,” will screen his most recent work on behalf of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust—the world’s first 3D commercial produced for charity.
Read all Irked posts tagged “Tema Conter Memorial Trust” >>
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