Tag: Disney

  • It was on the 5th of December, 2022 which we stopped by at Toast in Port Jefferson which they also have another location in Patchogue. The whole group went out for some brunch and had a wonderful time with delicious food and had some interesting conversations. I had Cinnamon bun pancakes which it was really delicious out of this world. There has to be stories about Scrooge and his life and time in the Victorian Era in the United Kingdom. Knowing old times of England is really good to know about their history and their past generations.

    We got to the Charles Dickens Festival Port Jefferson, New York. Next we stopped by to see some interesting events and people being all dressed up for “A Christmas Carol” which it was Charles Dickens famous plays in the local theatre for the performing arts. The show also popular in books, tv shows, movies, live plays, and other media sites. There was a campfire where everyone gathered and roast up their marshmallow with the whole crowd. I also saw a couple of people dressed up as Ebenezer Scrooge and saw other people being all dressed as people of London during the Industrial Revolution. Going back to the 1800s was interesting to see what was life back then. I took a picture with Ebenezer Scrooge with the cast of the “A Christmas Carol” and saw so much more live events. I saw a group of singing carol’s and then saw a horse on a wagon carried passengers around the Town Centre. At the end we saw the fire truck and get to see Santa Claus.

  • Tress MacNeille who played as Daisy Duck deiced to step down after playing for her since Late 1999 during the 2nd Season of Mickey Mouse Works which was a tv show from 1999 to 2001 on ABC for Saturday Morning Cartoons. She made her first appearance for a Disney Film called Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas and tool the role as soon Diane Michelle stepped down and let her take the role of Daisy Duck. She played as Daisy Duck for 2 Decades and worked throughout the Mickey Mouse Series included Disney’s House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Minnie’s Bowtoons, Mickey Mouse Shorts Series, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, Legend of the Three Caballeros, DuckTales, Party Palace Pals (Revival Series of Minnie’s Bowtoons) and the 1st Season of Mickey Mouse Funhouse.

    Daisy Duck has been one of the characters in the Mickey Mouse Series who’s been loving charming but can be sassy at times which she can be fun and silly with her own wacky style. As soon as Tress took the role for Daisy Duck, fans has slowly increase having her in the Mickey Mouse Squad, while the merchandise and figures is still needs to be done to gain more popularity. However, Daisy started to become a loveable character during Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and showed viewers can but a positive note about her and make her an icon. She also did more roles after the success of the series even at the Disney Parks

    The Storyline is that Debra Wilson would make her first appearance of taking the role of Daisy Duck would be life changing experience for her and hard work of doing many voice roles since the late 90s. Debra Wilson who was Born and raise in Ozone Park, New York and worked in the tv show industry for many years especially the performing arts of work to be superstar. Debra also worked on many tv shows and video game projects to do the voices of many characters. She also worked in live action shows, films, cartoons, video games and so many more. Debra was one of most flexible actress and often takes time to think before she resume the role of the many characters. She was an opened minded person who would express how she feels and willing to talk about life and work in the Hollywood industry.

    The Reason why Debra Wilson decides to take over for Daisy Duck because Tress MacNeille decides to step down after the fact that she doesn’t wanna work on Season 2 for Mickey Mouse Funhouse, because she wants to be more focus on other work like the revival series of Futurama on Hulu for 2023, and continue to work for other tv shows. The role of Daisy Duck was a big commitment for her which it would be really sad for loyal Daisy Duck Fans which Tress’ Voice for her in 2 Decades. When Debra did the audience for Daisy Duck she had a couple of setbacks and took 3 tries to take the role for her. After her 3rd try for the audience of Daisy Duck, she jumped up and down because she got the role and she was able to meet the producer of Mickey Mouse Funhouse. The idea was that Disney wants a new actress to take the role for Daisy Duck because they want a new actress to sound like Tress because they’re afraid that they might lose of the audience for future episodes of Mickey Mouse and going forward. Especially they want the Tress MacNeille template so they get the idea of Daisy Duck for the future by having the loving and energetic Daisy Duck. Disney always question about what is Daisy Duck before Tress and onward of the future by being focus on her personality of the character itself. Disney also tried their best to keep Daisy Duck going but it was the lack of success but really have improved the fans as decades go by even when Daisy Duck is Donald Duck’s Girlfriend even during a tv series Quack Pack which only lasted in 1996. There was also the moment when Debra Wilson took the role for Daisy Duck, the producer wants to find a way that Daisy Duck could be entertaining and fun to take the role of her. Debra did a lot of work to catch up and worked the recording sessions doing 5 to 6 episodes in the studios per Fridays, because Disney wants to keep making new episodes and shorts for upcoming events and Disney specials even the sing alongs.

    By the time when the future of Daisy Duck goes on, they’ll be more opportunity of Daisy Duck in figures, expanding her position at Disney Parks and special accessions, even though she could possibly be in the Disney Hall of Fame and be on the Hollywood walk of fame one day like Minnie Mouse did in 2018. Generations will live on for Tress MacNeille who worked for Daisy Duck and now it’s Debra Wilson’s turn to take the role of her. She will eventually be good as Tress does for Daisy Duck.

    Tress MacNeille to Debra Wilson
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  • Bluey makes a return to the US and overseas in the nearby future while Australia had them a while ago. While Australia had them on ABC earlier this year which now the US and UK is officially ready to release the first 25 episodes and they’ll be more when the time is right. The show has a lot of fun moments and important life lessons to know the viewers about the story of each episode. Bluey has been getting the attention for the grownups not just the kids watching the show but it really shows a lot of ideal storylines based on the episode and give everyone a good lesson. It would be great to have very helpful tips for grownups if they want to be able to raise kids or helping other kids so they can learn the lesson and impact the positives. The show has a lot of fun and games while letting your imagination run to play exciting games. A common thread across the series of Bluey had tons of pretend games and imaginative play which it would be perfect for the child to grow healthy brain development and give the adults to give a chance about positive, enjoyment and heartwarming moments. Bluey has expand fans around the world from people even the ones going through hard times but find something delightful to shine their day and while bring laughter, joy and upbeat. Every time the music goes in the storyline, the plot takes place or focus on the characters feelings or emotion which it’s perfect for the show to keep moving forward for future storylines.

    While our stories have like Bluey wants to add the perfect picture for Father’s Day, The kids wanted the grownups to play Whale Watching, Bluey wants to get her own bedroom across from Bingo, Bingo and Bluey plays Magic to give the command, Bandit learns about the world in Born Yesterday, Bingo learns how to make breakfast with Chilli in Omelette, Both the kids wanted to learn how to act the same in Mini Bluey, Jack Russel finds his way back to Australia at Calypsos in Explores, The Heeler Family gets a discussion in Family Meeting and Bluey & Bingo talks to Muffin on the iPad in Faceytalk and Bandit tells a story about his younger version of himself in Fairytales.

    What’s Going On Here

    Here are all of the links below if you love follow up what’s new with Bluey and the rest of the Heeler Family.

  • The Patchogue Singer Christian Guardino was able to make to the top 10 but now have to focus on bigger challenges in order to stay in the competition. Christian has made a huge progress of keeping his hopes up and willing to stay in the competition with all of the love and support. During the Round of Top 10, it was a Special Event based on Disney Night. It started when everyone snag “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encato which they’re all featured by Adassa & Rhenzy Feliz. When it started, Christian Guardino went to Disneyland and saw the guest with his family and get a FaceTime call from Canadian Pop Singer Michael Bublé which it was an amazing surprise. Afterwards he sang The Circles of Life from the Lion King Movie. He sang his heart out with the loudest vocals as much as he did. When it was time to move up to the next round, Christian narrowly made it to the Top 7 Contestants to move on to the next round. I knew he would make to the Round of 7 Singers on American Idol.

    The Circle of Life
    Ryan Seacrest surprised Christian to see Michael Bublé

    Everyone was excited when he survived this challenge and he’ll keep growing as a person and hopefully be a best singer that he could be. By the time when he made it to the top 7, Christian sang Lonely by Justin Bieber & benny blanco. During the Mother’s Day Special, he sang Dear God by Smokie Norful but unfortunately it was time to say goodbye to Christian Guardino and Jay which they both got eliminated during the Round of 7. Christian won’t be able to go to the Round of 5 but at least he made a lot of memories to experience the whole journey of American Idol. The lesson was that Christian Guardino had a beautiful voice and always warmed peoples heart’s and the joy of positivity has influenced a lot of the fans and the judges. Christian’s Legacy has just started and hopefully he’ll create original songs for himself to make it sound like an Angel.

    Special Song for Mother’s Day
  • American Idol singer Christian Guardino is an Artist from Long Island, NY. He once used to be famous on America Got Talent in Season 12 but now he wanted to be on TV again know as American Idol in Season 20. When he performed his first audition, the song was and he made first good impression during the 1st audition. Next he went to Nashville Audition which he was able to move on the next round.

    Then he did and just recently it was the round at Disney Resort in Hawaii. Special Guest Bebe Rexha who is a Pop Star which she mentors the singers in order if they want to perform great on stage for the big event. When Bebe Rexha first introduced him, she like the Italian New York Accent from Staten Island to Long Island which it’s in the same Metropolitan Area. It also connects to from their roots to show that they have but different countries on family relatives before moving to New York. When he was ready to hit the big show at Disney Resorts in Hawaii, he sang Leave the Door Open by Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars and Anderson Pakk. All of the Judges enjoyed his performance and he’ll hopefully do well when he goes to Los Angeles for the Round of 20 Players

    During the round of 20 back in Los Angeles, it was a set with a live audience. During the moment before his Song, he shared his story about his time when he had Reintal Disorder. He sang Imagine by John Lennon and his voice as inspirational influenced of power and made all of the judges cry. Katy Perry cried the most especially his beautiful singing. This shows that he is definitely ready to move to the Next challenge. His power as inspired everyone to have great voice of an Angel this good. He wanted to show good harmony with a great soul to keep people having a positive experience of music.

    On the 2nd night of the Round of 20, Christian is the runners up for most votes to be chosen to stay on American Idol. Ryan Seacrest who hosts the show and talks to the contestants. He sang Creep and it was an outstanding performance and he made it to Round of 14. All of the judges and his fans were impressed with the song by using the most noble thing that he ever did to improve everyone about his strength to stay on American Idol. Hopefully i’ll be able to make it through and be the winner of Season 20 on American Idol.

    During the 2 Rounds of the Top 14 and Top 11, which it’s based on Breakout Hits and Judge’s Song Contest. First it the Round of Top 14 Singers, the special guest was Country Singer and Season 16 of American Idol singer is Gabby Barrett. She was the guest mentor and helped all of the singers to have great vocals and singing voices in order to stay in the Competition. During his moment to shine, he talked to Gabby Barrett to learn about how to keep the song moving while staying focus on key notes. Gabby taught him how to keep the melody smoothly to try not to sound off topic or use the wrong melody because he can already improve his performance. Hopefully he’ll do well with Take Me To Church and future performing Songs on Stage. Christian Guardino sang Take Me to Church by Hozier and helped his Fans sing along with the Amen. It also sounds like it could’ve use his original vocals in the bug parts of the song. The Judges were all impressed with his outstanding performance and keeping the vocals to wait for melody to go up until the big moment.

    All of the Contestants who were in the Top 14

    During the Round of the 3 Judges Vote, He first did an interview about which catalogue is being developed into a musical and it was Lionel. He said that he is iconic which he’s a legend. During the lineup of Songs Ryan Seacrest helped Christian chose his 3 Choices of the songs. When Ryan said One of the singers, Christian shout out to him and said “that’s one of my favorites”. In the meantime, he wanted to sing Stevie Wonder’s For Once in My Life which he had some things in common with good soul and good taste of music. During rehearsal, he sang his song but it wasn’t going anywhere for the big show. He decided to focus on Sam Smith’s Hit Song I’m Not The Only One because it has more progression and real emotions of the harmony. When he sang I’m Not The Only One, he was a natural singer with the harmony for the love of all the people who clapped and cheered for him. Ryan Seacrest told Christian that he is so good at making people and the audience happy. When Ryan talked to Christian about which Judge vote for the song of his choice, but it could one of the judges. Did Luke Bryan choose the song for him and it was not him. So the Judge who chose the song was She was finally able to be on the board for the 3 Judges Vote in this competition. Katy Perry which it was a big shocker. Katy Perry talked to him about the great soul and the gospel which he can rev up into it his voice. From the point when his voice can command in the beginning and fire up at the end which shows that he can continue to move up to the Top 10. Christian at the end thanked Katy Perry for choosing the song and she was able to be the first Judge to be chosen during the Judge’s Vote Contest.

    At the end of the Judge’s Vote Competition, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan tied for the most votes and Lionel Richie was down by one which it was a fun competition. During the moment of which person gets to move up to the Top 10 Christian Guardino was the 2nd person who gets to move up to the round of Top 10 Singers. Christian’s hard work dedicates all of his fans and people who watched American Idol. When his moment continues to go on, his outstanding performance would have a greater chance of making it to the Top 5 and hopefully win Season 20 of American Idol.

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  • Written By Scott Weisbrot

    The Superbowl was hosted in Los Angeles for the 56th in NFL History. It was the Cincinnati Bengals vs Los Angeles Rams. I wanted the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers to go to the Superbowl which it never happened. It was also the first time that the team gets to host the event with their own stadium since last year from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers which they won 31-9 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Not only that but the Los Angeles Rams gets to host the Conference Championship Game and the Super Bowl

    The match started with the Rams playing first which there was also the California Football League for Boys and Girls to create young kids playing football. The woman who hosted the coin toss was Billie Jean King which she advocates for young girls to play sports in USA history. The Rams got to play the game first. The Rams got to take the first touchdown which was credited from Stafford to Odell Beckham Jr. and Matthew Gay took the field goal . It was great, so the Rams took the lead 7-0.

    Then the Bengals took the Field Goal before the 2nd Quarter which the Rams took the lead 7-3. During the 2nd Quarter, the two teams were going neck to neck but the Rams got another Touchdown to Kupp. However, the field goal was blocked , so the Bengals got a good chance for another comeback. On the other hand the Bengals got another Touchdown which the bengals scored 13-10.

    When the Rays tried to scored the the touchdown at the 2 minute warning, the Bengals got the ball for intercepted the ball. The score was still 10-13 which put the 2 teams in halftime.

    Odell Beckham Jr with the catch for the Touchdown

    During the Halftime Show it was all of the Hip Hop Stars in Music History. It was Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Mary J Blind, Kendrick Lamar, Anderson Paak and Eminem which it was a sick show “out of nowhere “ like the real life of Los Angeles. It was Old School Legends in the world of Hip Hop.

    The show was skyrocketing with the insane backgrounds. The whole crew came for their final part of the show after everyone got their own show.

    The Whole Crew

    There was also a lot of funny commercials and upcoming surprises for movies, shows and other heartwarming moments.

    During the 2nd of the game , the bengals already got the touchdown and the Bengals took the lead 17-13. The Bengals took the field goal and took the Field Goal and took the lead 20-13. Halfway before the 4th Quarter, the Rams took another field goal and it was much better, still losing 20-16. During the 4th Quarter, it was still neck to neck with changing turns but the game was getting closer which it turns out that the Los Angeles Rams got the ball after 5 minutes on the clock left. other score at 5 minutes on the clock the team thought it could a touchdown but 2 fouls which disallowed the touchdown after a few tries, the Rams got a great pass to get the Tocuhdown and bring back the lead 23-20. The Bengals got the ball for one last time but couldn’t passed the last try after the 4th Down with 90 seconds on the clock but a great defense from Aaron Donald for the Rams.

    That’s how the game ended up with Los Angeles Rams taking the win and it was a great moment in Football History.

    The Moment when LA got their victory

    The winner of the Super Bowl is the Los Angeles Rams by sacrificing the team to step up even though they struggled parts of the game. However, they didn’t give up and showed some confident. This was the 1st time that the Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl in History since 2000 when they used to be the St. Louis Rams. The MVP Player of the year was Cooper Kupp.

    This years Super Bowl was a rollercoaster ride for this one. There were times that the team did great but struggled at times but never give up on hope. There was also a lot of excitement after the game and social media moments was while after the celebration came to a close. To close out the game, the Los Angeles Rams was the best team in the NFL this season and never give up after slowly falling apart. The team effort was tremendous and above and beyond.

  • The Long Island Field Hockey 4 All Team went for a weekend trip to Orlando for ESPN+ Hockey. This is the first time that Special Olympic Games are hosted for the Florida Event. It was at the ESPN World of Sports Complex which it’s a Sports Park for Special Events. Most Tournaments are focused on Nationwide Teams for different Sports for Youth Teams. Over 200 Teams around the Country and thousands of people participated to play as athletes. Even the parents and fans decided to show up to the Sunshine Show Case Tournament of 2022.

    There’s so many sports fields in the park which is the ESPN World Sports of Complex and it has like 31 sports fields. Like Soccer Fields, Baseball Fields and so much more.

    The main Tournament was Long Island Field Hockey we got in before 9AM we wore special uniforms and we huddle as a team and were the first Long Island Field Hockey Team to join the Special Olympics Field Hockey Team joined the tournament and 1st annual Olympics tournament. It was also the first time that the special Olympics Field Hockey Team that was hosted because we wanted to show the world that Field Hockey is not just girls Field Hockey but it’s also for people with Development Disabilities.

    The Long Island Field Hockey went to the tournament but we end up two teams for ourselves. It was The All Stars in White and the Long Island Field Hockey in Gray. The Girls Team came to help us out and play like we’re having fun. One day the Sport would become a popular sport for the team when it reaches 2028 for the Summer Olympics and the Paralympics.

    We get to also be famous from ESPN which the players ourselves get to be interviewed by USA Field Hockey and Long Island Field Hockey

    During the bracket of the tournament was The Long Island Field Hockey Team but since the other teams never showed up we decided to make up two teams on our own. The Long Island Field Hockey Girls Team happily came to help and they volunteer with us. It was the Gray Team and White Team. Half of the group went to the Gray Team and the other half went to the White Team. The Long Island Field Hockey Team was the Gray Team and the All Stars were the White Team. All of them each got a volunteer to partner up to help our teams to achieve what they can achieve something. Originally I thought that we would have 200 Teams around the nation with disabilities but it was only 200 teams for the Girls Field Hockey Team, so we created 2 Teams and the team in Gray is the Long Island Field Hockey Team which is me, Michelle, Rebecca and Paul. The White Team is the All Stars which the team has Anthony, Elouise, Gia and Adriana

    During the Match, there’s 10 Minutes in 2 half’s of the match. During the first half of the match, I was already got a head start but it was just short not too far from the goal. Then my teammate Michelle scored the first goal and took the lead 1-0. Not for long, Elouise got the first goal for the All Stars which it tied at 1-1. Then the teams did a lot of defensive moves time to time. Paul on the LI Field Hockey did a lot of help with the defence to not let the All Stars take the lead. During the 5 minute warning, I ran into the other side and waited for the goal and Michelle passed the ball to me and I scored the goal to help LI Field Hockey 2-1. Then the All Stars went to take immediate action and scored then second goal to tie it up 2-2. Before Halftime I ran the ball and I was going to score again but they goalie blocked my shot and the defense took the ball from me so I went back to center field and passed it to Rebecca and give it to Michelle and she got herself the 2nd goal which give LIFH to get back the lead 3-2 and it was halftime. Everyone had a water break and then each team huddle up to work on teamwork and continue to have fun while making history.

    During the 2nd half of the match, the Long Island field hockey was leading the All Starz 3-2. It was neck to neck for the first few minutes until Michelle got the goal to take the early lead with my quick thinking pass before I got out of bounds and helped the LI Field Hockey Team continued to take the lead 4-2. Then I scored before I put myself in an offside position which I got lucky to allow myself to get that goal when the ball rolled to me and scored. In the meantime, Paul and i did a phenomenal job with the defense and not let the All Stars scored like 5 times. The Defense on the LI Field Hockey was outstanding during the tournament so hopefully we can get ourselves promoted for the 2028 Paralympics. Before the match was done, the LI Field Hockey Team scored 2 more goals which it was credited by the whole team with outstanding creativity of teamwork. Once the Tournament was about to draw to a close, Elouise helped the All Stars got one more goal even though they tried their best to get the goals from the great defense. She got the buzzer beater goal and happily got the All Stars 7-3 but the Long Island Field Hockey won the Tournament which it was a fun tournament. We won 7-3 against the All Starz which it was a fun game to remember while making History for the Special Olympics.

    The winner of the tournament was The Long Island Field Hockey Team but it was about a fun tournament which hopefully one day more teams around the USA to increase Special Olympics Field Hockey. I like to remember the score just i can focus on track with the results especially in every Special Olympics Tournament.

    Afterwards we took a group picture with girls team who helped us and the team itself. Then I was interviewed by 2 people like Sally from USA Field Hockey and Valeri from Long Island Field Hockey. I talked about that I wanted to explain about Field Hockey which its popular from Europe, Australia and India but Wanted to expand the sport to the United States. It would be interesting if the Special Olympics was a reality besides the Girls Field Hockey. One day this sport will be huge for the 2028 Summer Olympics and the Paralympics. I can grow as a player for myself especially my teammates.

    The Long Island Field Hockey Group Picture

    The All Stars at the Globe

    Websites for the Special Olympics

  • By Cara Difiore

    Cara is our Art Director for The Newsmakers and Autisticana. She experiences our trip, then draws a beautiful illustration of her adventure. She is very talented and utilizes all sorts of mediums in her artistic expression! Here is the artwork she made for our virtual trip to Disney World:

    Original artwork "Disney" created by Cara Difiore. It's Cinderella's castle as interpreted by Cara
    Disney By Cara Difiore

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  • By Scott Weisbrot

    A photo of Cinderella's Castle from Magic Kingdom in Disney World. The caste has blue roofing and is made of gray and pink stone. In the background, you can see the blue sky.
    A photo of Cinderella’s Castle in Magic Kingdom

    On Wednesday, the Newsmakers completed our very first virtual tour to Disney World in Orlando Florida. We were shown the six parks, which I never heard of before. I was only familiar with a few of them and have visited Magic Kingdom a couple times with my family. As a Disney enthusiast, I would love to visit Blizzard Beach in person because it’s one of the recent water parks to be owned by Disney.

    The host of our journey was named Albani. She was very gracious and very helpful in answering all our questions. It was interesting to hear all about the differences between the different parks. We learned about each of them and two of them are waterparks!

    The 6 Disney Parks in Disney World:

    • Magic Kindgom
    • Animal Kingdom
    • Epcot
    • Hollywood Studios
    • Blizzard Beach
    • Typhoon Lagoon

    A photo from Zoom on our Virtual Tour of Disney World. The photo shows different screen shots from Zoom of different people that attended, including our host for the trip, Albani
    Here’s a photo of some of us on the trip with our tour guide Albani

    The Magic Kingdom is one of the most popular places in Disney World. It’s where the magic begins! Animal Kingdom is the safari park of Disney World. There are so many animals in this park. You can explore all the animals on a safari through the park. Epcot features countries around the world and explores this through rides.There is so much to do to discover the world and explore about these countries while learning and having fun with friends! Hollywood Studios is all about the rides with cool thrills and you can see memorabilia from different films like Toy Story and Star Wars. Lastly, Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon are Disney World‘s waterparks.

    A photo of Disney's Mickey Mouse and friends including Miney Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Pluto, Chip, and Dale. The characters are all smiling and are holding hands in a circle looking down at you. Behind them, you can see the blue sky with a number of white fluffy clouds.
    A photo of Disney’s Mickey Mouse and friends – featuring Miney Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Pluto, Chip & Dale

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  • By Eric Zuelch

    The Storm Runner Trilogy is a trilogy of books by J.C. Cervantes under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint, a subdivision of Disney Hyperion. The trilogy focuses on Mayan, Mexican, and Aztec mythology in the modern day. In the series, the Mayan gods have children with humans, however as gods and humans are not meant to mix. When these unions do occur, the child has some kind of physical, emotional, or mental disability. The main character of the series Zane Obispo has a leg length discrepancy with his right leg being a foot shorter than his left leg; as well as his right foot being two sizes smaller. Because of this, he has to walk with a cane. Another character Ren Santiago suffers from absence seizures. Another character Alana has light sensitivity issues.

    However, these disabilities are a result of their power inherited from their godly parents. Zane gains powers of fire manipulation from his short leg. Ren’s seizures are a result of her time manipulation abilities catching up with her body. Alana’s light sensitivity allows her to see lights that allow her to create portals. While some may see giving those with disabilities as a bad thing, others may see it as a metaphor for those with disabilities to not let their disabilities get in their way. While one’s disability can get in the way of accomplishing certain tasks, it can help them in other areas. For example, being deaf can stop one from becoming an air traffic controller, but it can allow them to focus more on the road if they are driving. The characters represent the potential of those with disabilities, their limitations, and an alternative way to succeed.

    The Storm Runner Trilogy shows how one should not let their disability limit them. They can succeed no matter what their disabilities are. While some disabilities can get in the way, there is most likely an alternate way to achieve one’s goals, or to discover something else. Zane, Ren, and Alana represent the potential of those with disabilities. The Storm Runner Trilogy shows how one’s disabilities does not have to hold them back

    Purple background with different pain textures. Advertisement/graphic for the Storm Runner Series by J.C. Cervantes. It reads: Rick Riordan Presents, The Storm Runner: A Maya Mythology Series by J.C. Cervantes, Read Riordan. On the right, you see several colorful covers of books in the series, including: The Storm Runner; The Fire Keeper, and the Shadow Crosser.
    Ad for The Storm Runner series by J.C. Cervantes. It shows several books in the series; from left to right, The Storm Runner, The Fire Keeper, and the Shadow Crosser.

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