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Rihanna performs during Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation)

Super Bowl's standout deaf performers

A closed-captioning device used in a movie theater at North Shore Towers Cinema in Floral Park, New York on January 4, 2023. (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Why is it hard to make films accessible?

Rear View Of Woman In Wheelchair Shopping For Food (Getty Images/Daisy-Daisy)

The impending intergenerational crisis

Sam Whitehead - KFF Health News

Isabelle Fuhrman as "Esther" in "Orphan: First Kill" (Steve Ackerman/Paramount Pictures)

"Orphan: First Kill" horror homages

Rear View Of Woman In Wheelchair Shopping For Food (Getty Images/Daisy-Daisy)

How to battle eco-ableism

Jacqueline Raposo - FoodPrint

Annette O'Toole as Hope in "Virgin River" (Courtesy Of Netflix)

In defense of Hope on "Virgin River"

Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Theo (James Caverly) in "Only Murders In The Building" (Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu)

Creating Theo, Only Murders' conscience

Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival Weekend 1 at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2018 in Indio, California. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Coachella)

On Beyoncé and moving away from ableism

Actress Anne Bancroft, playing educator Annie Sullivan, pleads with actress Patty Duke, playing Helen Keller, in the 1962 production of "The Miracle Worker". (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

15 facts about "The Miracle Worker"

Yuyan Lu, Hanh Nguyen

Emilia Clarke celebrates the opening of "The Seagull" at The Harold Pinter Theatre on July 07, 2022 in London, England. (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Emilia Clarke details her brain injuries

Brad Pitt poses at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images)

Pitt shares struggle with face blindness

Lizzo attends the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Lizzo listened and changed ableist lyric

Jackson Kalb on "Top Chef: Houston" (Photo courtesy of David Moir/Bravo)

When "Top Chef" lost its sense of taste

A blue bird standing on a newspaper (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Not everyone is able to leave Twitter

Jared Leto in "Morbius" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Leto's "Morbius" disabled method acting

Daniel Roman - Winter is Coming

Lisa meets the son of the late musician Bleeding Gums Murphy (voiced by John Autry II) — and attempts to improve his life in the "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" episode of "The Simpsons" (Photo courtesy of 20th Television Animation)

Does "Simpsons" make history or pander?

Chris Rock is seen backstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Al Seib /A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)

Chris Rock's past jokes & disability

Amy Forsyth, Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur in “CODA” (Apple TV+)

Is "CODA" the "Green Book" for the deaf?

Marlee Maitlin and William Hurt (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Charley Gallay/Disney)

Hurt and the abuse of disabled women

Dave Grohl (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Dave Grohl: deaf like me

Shaylee and Gloria in "Madagascar A Little Wild" (DreamWorks Animation)

How one actor is using ASL in animation

Nabhaan Rizwan and Himesh Patel in "Station Eleven" (Ian Watson/HBO Max)

Frank deserved better on Station Eleven

Hailee Steinfeld and Jeremy Renner in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

“Hawkeye” is a pandemic fable

Zahn McClarnon and Darnell Besaw in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios)

What "Hawkeye" gets right about deafness

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