“I know none of you. I know none of you,” Caroline chants under her breath before she realizes she’s already on a “hot mic.” It’s an endearing moment belying the slightest amount of the jitters, inwardly suppressed, while outwardly portraying loads of charisma, or “rizz” as her generation likes to call it. Caroline is preparing to be a celebrity for the next hour, maybe for the rest of her life. Caroline O’Brien is an 18-year-old woman in Savannah, Georgia, who has arthrogryposis caused by a tear in her mother’s uterus, which led to leakage of amniotic fluid while she was develop...

A Transformative Conversation Around Equity, Disability and Support  Presented by Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), Equitable Dinners, L’Arche Atlanta and Out of Hand Theatre on February 6 and 27, 2024, the two gatherings will bring together dinner and discussion about the value of Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) in the lives of Georgians with developmental disabilities (DD) and their families and is the latest iteration of the GCDD Storytelling Project.  Guests will be able to take part in this event in-person at the Georgia Public Broadcasting...