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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Jul 23, 2012 8:18AM

And just yesterday, I learned of the "999 Eyes Freak Show<http://www.999eyes.com/>;" (http://www.999eyes.com/), which is by and about persons with "genetic human anomalies as the starts of the show." There's a promo video on its site, but unfortunately it's neither captioned nor audio-described, as far as I can tell.

From its bio page:
"The 999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow is the last genuine traveling freakshow of its kind in the United States. True to the variety show style of yesteryear, The 999 Eyes consists of many human oddities and a host of sideshow performers, all accompanied by the vaudevillian circus band, THAT Damned Band. The current show was written by an authentic freak, The Black Scorpion, who both performs and serves as the Creative Director for this project." http://www.999eyes.com/biopage.html


I also find http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/ouch and http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/ to be very direct self-depictions and worth reading and following as websites/resources.

Gary M.