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Max Starkloff was known for his work as a disability rights activist. But he also was a painter.Later this month, several of Starkloff's paintings will be鈥�

David Gray, a scientist who relentlessly championed the right of people with disabilities to live independent, satisfying lives, has died.Mr. Gray, a鈥�

Today鈥檚 edition of StoryCorps, which aired during 鈥淢orning Edition,鈥� was a remembrance of Max Starkloff, a pioneer in the disability rights movement who鈥�

In 1959, at age 21, Max Starkloff broke his neck in a car accident, becoming a quadriplegic.鈥淚 think most people see disability as the worst thing that鈥�

It takes a great character to make a good story. That鈥檚 what I was once told.But what makes a great character?My muses have always told me to find someone鈥�

Colleen Kelly Starkloff has been on the forefront of the disability rights movement ever since she met her late husband, Max Starkloff, in the nursing鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: This week Americans celebrate independence. Yet nearly 20 percent of our own citizens 鈥� citizens with鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 10, 2012 - 鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 be here,鈥� she said.The woman probably meant well. She saw a鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 25, 2011 - During one especially cold morning in January of last year, a disabled man who uses a鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 8, 2011 - Mark Johnson's always been an advocate of civil rights, even if it means鈥�