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"This Is where I Am Free": The Physically Handicapped Anette Jablonski about her Hobby Painting

Painting is all the world for her. With her hobby Anette Jablonski gave sense to her life. REHACARE.de visited Anette Jablonski in her accessible living community and talked with her about her passion. "This Is where I Am Free": The Physically Handicapped Anette Jablonski about her Hobby Painting - read more

Easier Painted than Said

Make one out of two - two therapists had the idea to combine musical with art therapy in order to support youths with nervous illnesses during rehabilitation. At REHACARE 2006 the project will be introduced in the course of the exhibitor talks and seminars. Easier Painted than Said - read more

„The Soul Is Touched by Pantomime.” The deaf artist Jomi about the language everyone understands.

A white face and gesturing hands – that is all he needed to travel around the whole world – thanks to pantomime. Josef Michael Kreutzer is deaf, he suffered from meningitis when being a baby. Despite his disability he received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his commitment as a pantomime. REHACARE.de spoke with Jomi about a universal language and the power of silence. „The Soul Is Touched by Pantomime.” The deaf artist Jomi about the language everyone understands. - read more

Touching Tut Ench Amun & Co.

A barrier free exhibition designed especially for the blind and visually impaired is concerned with the culture of ancient Egypt: The exhibits that comprise statues, stone tablets and a sarcophagus can be experienced through touching during an audio guided tour. Touching Tut Ench Amun & Co. - read more

Blindness: A Special View on Things

For disabled people it is often hard to find a job. However, some of them are able to use their handicap occupationally, as for example the German Bernd Kebelmann. When he lost vision and got to know the world from another perspective, he utilized his new experiences and started a unique art project. Blindness: A Special View on Things - read more

The Curtain Rises for Jana Zöll

Jana Zöll sits with red cheeks in her wheelchair in front of the stage in the rehearsal room of the drama school Akademie für Darstellende Künste adk in Ulm, Germany. The 22-year old has rehearsed a scene from “Romeo and Juliet” just now. Although she is small in stature and has osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) she can study drama. The Curtain Rises for Jana Zöll - read more

Wheelchairs Conquer the Stage

Adopting different roles is the task of the drama students at the academy of visual arts in Ulm (adk). Four of them are disabled. Only in this small German city they can be trained professionally to become an actor – in the first integrative studies for disabled people in Europe. Wheelchairs Conquer the Stage - read more