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American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” • On-Demand

Tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” on the PBS app. The on-demand film is available with Audio Description, Closed-Captioning and ASL versions. The film is available on-demand through 8/1/25

While curb cuts, ramps at building entrances, and braille on elevator buttons seem commonplace today, they were once the subject of a pitched battle that landed on the steps of Congress. Told through the voices of key participants and witnesses, the film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to achieve their goal and change the lives of all Americans. A story of courage and perseverance, the film brings to life one of the great civil rights movements in American history, where ordinary people made their voices heard and Congress responded. A testament to the power of coalition building and bipartisan compromise, the passage of the ADA is a shining example of democracy in action.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Five Inclusive Outdoor Play Spaces

Challenger Miracle Field
Ridge Park
Webster, NY
Features adaptive recreational equipment and athletic fields to give children with developmental disabilities the ability to play freely and with other children. Click here to visit the website.

Motion Junction
2640 Outhouse Rd.
Canandaigua, NY
A fully inclusive playground with ramps, play structures, and musical instruments. Click here to visit the web page.

The Autism Nature Trail
Trailside Road
Letchworth State Park
Castile, NY
A safe, inclusive, outdoor experience in nature designed for visitors with autism and related disorders but appropriate for all. Click here to visit the website.

Heyer-Bayer Memorial Park
Irondequoit, NY
Features an expression swing, an inclusive whirl, a roller slide, and more. The playground also has a safe rubber surface, making it wheelchair accessible. Click here to learn more.

Basil Marella Park in Greece
975 English Road
Rochester, NY
Features a wheelchair swing and an accessible merry-go-round. Click here for the web page.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” • WXXI-WORLD

Tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

American Experience “Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disability Act” airs Saturday, July 12 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD and streams live on the WXXI app.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Photo: ADAPT (American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit) activists protest for accessible public transportation in Los Angeles, CA. • Credit: Tom Olin

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy • WXXI-TV

Celebrate the enigmatic cellist whose career was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at age 28.

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy airs Friday, March 28 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

Those who know, consider Jacqueline du Pré one of the greatest cellists of all time – certainly in the top three – despite a career that was cruelly curtailed by multiple sclerosis at just twenty-eight years old. The force of nature took away her prodigious gift and her joy of performing and she endured fourteen years of unremitting illness. However, during her short time on the international concert platform – about a decade – she had the musical world at her feet, with an expressive style that cast a spell on anyone who saw her perform. Introduced and narrated by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline du Pre: Genius and Tragedy, tells the story of who she was and why she was such an extraordinary musician.

It is full of candid moments off stage and in rehearsal, together with powerful concert performances. The Elgar Cello Concerto would become her signature piece and the benchmark against which all other renditions would be measured; its lamenting melody, inescapably resonating with her own tragic demise. In swinging 1960s London, the Beatles were topping the pop charts, but Jacqueline du Pre was the poster child for a new golden generation of artists and friends, who injected a youthful excitement into a staid industry a classical ‘rat pack’ that included Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and her husband, Daniel Barenboim. As a glamourous and musically charged couple, Barenboim and du Pre were like a modern version of Clara and Robert Schumann; together, they devoured the cello and piano repertoire and the recordings they made continue to delight audiences across the globe. Du Pre was a blithe spirit, known to her friends as ‘Smiley’ but on stage with her cello, she could communicate the most profound feelings, found in the depths of great music. Our interviews provide an incomparable insight from those who knew du Pre best, including RuthAnn Cannings, who cared for her throughout her illness. Described as, “beyond words,” du Pre’s innate abilities confounded even her fellow musicians, who struggled to rationalize how music flowed so naturally from her. She studied under the greats – Casals, Tortelier, and Rostropovich – but it is sequences with her teacher William Pleeth, her “cello daddy,” that provide some of our most intimate and engaging footage. The affection for Jacqueline du Pre and the wonder at her playing remains undiminished, nearly forty years after her death in 1987.

This film is presented as part of Move to Include^TM, an award-winning national initiative to promote disability inclusion, representation, and accessibility in public media.

Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration • WXXI-TV

Experience the world-renowned Italian tenor’s 30th anniversary concert from Tuscany

Andrea Bocelli 30th – The Celebration airs Friday, February 28 at 9 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.

Featuring global superstars Ed Sheeran, David Foster, Katharine McPhee, Sofia Carson, Brian May, Jon Batiste and more. Directed by Grammy nominee and Emmy winner Sam Wrench.

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “Bad Days, Tough Seasons or Clinical Depression?” • WXXI-TV

Kelly sits down with Dr. Leanne Williams, founding director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness, to discuss mental health disorders and therapies.

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “Bad Days, Tough Seasons or Clinical Depression?” airs Friday, February 28 at 8:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI app.

They are joined by hospice and palliative care physician Dr. BJ Miller, and comedian W. Kamau Bell to elaborate on depression, stigmas and misconceptions associated with mental illness, and how we can move forward.

POV: Fire Through Dry Grass • WXXI-WORLD

Wearing snapback caps and Air Jordans, the Reality Poets aren’t typical nursing home residents.

POV: Fire Through Dry Grass airs Monday, January 13 at 7 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD

In Fire Through Dry Grass, these young, Black and brown disabled artists document their lives on lockdown during COVID, their rhymes underscoring the danger and imprisonment they feel. In the face of institutional neglect, they refuse to be abused, confined, and erased.

This program is presented as part of Dialogue on Disability, a partnership between WXXI and Al Sigl Community of Agencies – in conjunction with the Herman and Margaret Schwartz Community Series. Dialogue on Disability is supported by the Fred L. Emerson Foundation with additional support from The Golisano Foundation. The weeklong initiative runs January 13-19, 2025

WXXI and Al Sigl have been hosting Dialogue on Disability since 2005. In 2014, with the support of businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano and the Golisano Foundation, Move to Include™ was formed. This initiative enables WXXI to present and develop programming that promotes inclusion year round.

Photo: Reality Poets Vince, Jay, Tito, Pete, and Var • Credit: Elias Williams

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “Judy Woodruff” • WXXI-TV

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff reflects on her perspectives on the changing American political landscape and raising a child with spina bifida.

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan “Judy Woodruff” airs Friday, January 17 at 8:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streaming on the WXXI app.

For five decades, Judy Woodruff has delivered exceptional coverage of politics to the American public. In this episode, she reflects on her career highlights, her perspectives on the changing American political landscape, and raising a child with spina bifida.