Ron Charles

The Lives We Don’t See

In “Upward Bound,” Woody Brown captures the humor, frustration, and longing of adults with disabilities.

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Ron Charles
Mar 31, 2026
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Dawn and I learned that when you have a child with profound physical and intellectual disabilities, the end of public school — soon after age 21 — is a brusque ejection into an undiscovered country.

On that fateful date, the federally mandated system that kept your child safe and engaged for two decades is over. It’s not exactl…

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