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Artist with OI: Kristian Keogh

Kristian is an Australian professional video editor and graphic designer. He is using a wheelchair, but this didn’t stop him from making a dream come true: performing with the Bangalow Theatre Company doing the Musical “RENT”, his favorite musical. Kristian also talks for instance about daily challenges and the situation of people with a disability…

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Artists with OI: Sammi Haney

Interview with Sammi’s Father Matt Haney Sammi loves weird silly toys and takes whatever her current favorite is with her everywhere. She has OI Type III and uses a wheelchair. She has broken hundreds of bones from simple things like turning too much when asleep or sneezing too hard. At the age of 11 she…

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Artist and activist with OI: Benjamin Mejia

Interview with Benjamin Mejía, artist & activist from El Salvador Who are you and what is your relationship with OI? I am Benjamin Mejía, I am 28 years old and live in the City of San Salvador, Capital of the Republic of El Salvador, Central America; Currently I am a Fourth Year Student of the…

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Artists with OI: Erwin Aljukic

Erwin Aljukic is an actor, dancer, speaker and fashion journalist. Since 1998 he can be seen on TV, in the cinema and at the theater. In addition to acting, he studied fashion journalism and has been working as a freelancer ever since. In 2014 he devoted himself to contemporary dance. Aljukic has been a permanent…

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Artists with OI: Pablo Ostarek

The winner takes it all! What a coincidence! Some time ago OIFE had prepared an interview with Pablo Ostarek, an artist with OI, which you can read below. And this week, we congratulate him for winning the 1st prize in the International Rare Disease Film Festival for his short film “This is not a person”!…

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Artists with OI: Jenni-Juulia from Finland

Interview with Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen Who are you and what do you do and in what way has OI affected your art? I’m a multidisciplinary artist and an activist making political disability arts. My passions are structural violence, aesthetics of assistive devices and issues related to women with disabilities. My background is in textile arts but…

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Artists with OI: Chiara Bersani

Who are you and what do you do? My name is Chiara and I am a writer/creator and a performer with a disability. I am Italian and I am 35 years old. I work in different fields like performing arts, contemporary theatre and contemporary dance. In what way has OI affected your art? Honestly, I…

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New OI song

Check out the new OI-song «Count on Me» performed by 21 singers from the OI-community in 10 different countries! The project was initiated by supporting member of OIFE Care4BrittleBones. Well done!  

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Artists with OI: Ditte Johansen

Can you tell us a little about yourself? My name is Ditte, and I’m a 25-year-old woman, that is born – and still living – in Denmark. I’m working as a writer, and besides my ordinary and boring adult life, I’m filling my days with lots and lots of hobbies; I’m an actor, an author…

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