I love that the sheer joy of dance, of movement - something I spent my life enjoying - is celebrated and shared in workshops for children with disabilities hosted by the New York City Ballet.
In these bright afternoons, children with physical challenges can wear tutus and top hats, and experience the magic that is dance alongside principal dancers from the famed ballet company.
Sunday Morning's Lesley Stahl talks with Dr. Joseph Dutkowsky, a specialist in cerebral palsy, and with parents of children sharing movement in a studio with live music and other dancers.
While defending his claim (thoroughly debunked by major media outlets) that "thousands and thousands" cheered at the fall of the World Trade Center on 9/11 over in New Jersey, Trump mocked a reporter - Serge Kovaleski - who now works for the New York Times.
The real estate mogul flailed his arms stiffly as he imitated Serge Kovaleski, a New York Times reporter who suffers from arthrogryposis, which limits joint movement.
Mr Kovaleski had provoked The Donald’s ire by disputing his claim to have witnessed “thousands” of Arab-Americans in New Jersey cheering as the World Trade Centre crumbled on 11 September 2001 – a long-discredited conspiracy theory, for which Mr Trump failed to present a scrap of evidence. “The sad part about it is, it didn’t in the slightest bit jar or surprise me that Donald Trump would do something this low-rent, given his track record,” Mr Kovaleski told The Washington Post.
As a reporter at the New York Daily News in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Kovaleski covered Trump’s business dealings, and met the the real estate magnate on several occasions.
Trump had been citing Kovaleski's Washington Post article written in the aftermath of 9/11: “Law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.”
Trump's original statement said that Trump himself witnessed seeing "thousands and thousands" cheering.
When asked about the article, Kovaleski said he doesn't remember seeing actual people celebrating the attacks. “We did a lot of shoe leather reporting in and around Jersey City and talked to a lot of residents and officials for the broader story. Much of that has, indeed, faded from memory … I do not recall anyone saying there were thousands, or even hundreds, of people celebrating. That was not the case, as best as I can remember.”
After much backlash for his comment, Trump issued this statement:
This short video has already garnered over 800,000 views, with coverage on Inside Edition, BBC Trending, Yahoo, Huffington Post, The Gloss, Laughing Squid and many others.
The short film chronicles a day in the life of Jonathan, living in New York City, who was born with Achondroplasia, the most common type of dwarfism. Jon uses footage from a hidden camera disguised as a button on his shirt to show what he has to deal with: mistaken identity, harassment, condescension, and bigotry.
Novick's final question to the viewer is potent:
"The next time you see someone who is different than you, think about what their day might be like. Think about all the events of their life leading up to that point...and think about what part of their day do you want to be?"
The film was produced by DCTV's program Media Enabled Musketeers. Media Enabled Musketeers is a media program for American and Russian citizens who have disabilities and for filmmakers who are interested in disability issues.
