
The 13th annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge features two new short films about Long COVID. For the competition, filmmaking teams were tasked with creating a one to five minute film to promote disability inclusion in the entertainment industry.

Author and educator Sara Robitaille seeks to raise awareness and educate kids with her two new children’s books, Long COVID Transformed My Mommy and Long COVID Transformed My Sister into a Turtle.

On her 26th birthday, for the first time in her life, Sophia Yau-Weeks found herself alone on her birthday. A 2023 SARS-CoV-2 infection left her immunocompromised, and her ensuing COVID-19 safety precautions left her without COVID-conscious friends to celebrate with.

The last thing I thought before I smashed, face first, into the New York City sidewalk, was, Dang, my wife’s going to want me to start taking my cane with me everywhere I go. But mostly, I was worried one of my neighbors would watch me tumble over and go limp.
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