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...second public appearance since being admitted to the hospital for what doctors said was a respiratory infection on September 19. The first was in mid-November for a religious ceremony at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, where he has been receiving treatment, during which he was confined to a wheelchair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Birthday Bash this Year for Thai King | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...accessory to the deaths of at least 27,900 people. Then there's the added drama of his health - Demjanjuk's family insists he's too old and sick to stand trial, claiming he's suffering from a range of ailments. He was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair on Monday morning, his mouth slightly agape and apparently struggling for breath. During the afternoon hearing, he was brought in lying on a gurney. When he started writhing and complaining of pain, he was taken outside for an injection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Demjanjuk's Trial: The Last Nazi War-Crimes Defendant | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

...title of nearly any Almodóvar film. His people are infirm creatures looking for a little hug that can be therapeutic or redemptive. The paraplegic cop played by Javier Bardem in Live Flesh doesn't shrug off sexual desire just because he's confined to a wheelchair. Almodóvar suffuses his new film with this notion of the crippled seeking help; nearly every plot point pivots on someone's infirmity. The message is clear: we are all invalids who want to walk, if the fates allow, into each other's arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken Embraces: Death Becomes Almodóvar and Cruz | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...suffering from cherubism, a condition that causes severe facial disfigurement, is played by first-time actor and cherubism sufferer Victoria Wright. Peter Mitchell, another debut performer, had looked forward to a career as a top-flight soccer player before a car crash redesigned his life. He plays Dan, the wheelchair-using focus of Carrie's burgeoning lust. "My sexual relationship with Dan will really challenge people," says Stamell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Survivor, the Disabled Version, Comes to U.K. TV | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...dancers, and given his vocal aptitude and how funny he is the behind-the-scenes vids, it would’ve been tempting to give him a bigger chance to use his talents. FlyBy was worried this episode would include a dream sequence where Artie danced, as if the wheelchair-bound spent all day dreaming of walking. Instead, McHale gets to show his ability to emote, which works in the service of deepening the character rather than at the character’s expense. Meanwhile, Kurt’s touching scenes with his father were almost too real...

Author: By Luis Urbina, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recap: “Wheels” | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

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