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| Im probably going to go home and feel terrible added Ms Rosenberg who has been a courtroom artist for more than years Mr Brady was in a New York court on Wednesday fighting a decision by the National Football League NFL to suspend him for four games The NFL claims Brady broke league rules by using deflated footballs during a playoff game last season Deflated balls can be easier to catch giving a player an unfair advantage Married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen Brady is known for his movie star good looks something that many felt the sketch failed to capture Based on these sketches Brady was involved in some sort of horrible accident before the hearing tweeted Boston Globe sports reporter Peter Abraham | The Russian supermodel who defended her autistic sister A supermodel has started a debate about rights for disabled people in Russia It all started on August when yearold Oksana who has autism and cerebral palsy went to a cafe with her carer It was a hot day in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod and the pair wanted to rest But it appears the owner of the cafe didnt take kindly to Oksana and she was soon shown the door for allegedly scaring all the customers away The incident might usually have gone unnoticed | But Oksanas sister happened to be a supermodel Natalia Vodianova who has appeared on the cover of Vogue and fronted campaigns for Calvin Kleintook to Facebookto share her sisters story late on August According to Vodianovas post the owner demanded that both women leave immediately Leave Youre scaring all our customers away Go and get medical help for you and your And then go out in public he apparently said After the carer tried to explain that Oksana has special needs the owner apparently called security guards to force the two women out Leave or well call a nuthouse and an ambulance and will lock you in a cellar Vodianova quoted one of the guards as saying Natalia and Oksanas mother Larisa was called and the women were all taken to the police on suspicion of minor hooliganism Criminal inquiry |
| Within a day the Facebook post had likes and over comments The story made it onto major TV channels No charges were brought against the women and instead the attention prompted a criminal investigation into whether there had been humiliation of human dignity by the cafe owners The owners defended their actions however They said Oksana was behaving strangely She was sitting on the pavement for an hour She hit her head against the wall Anar Bayramov the owners son told the state owned Rossiya TV channel Online some agreed with the owners The look of a sick person does not improve your appetite said acommenton VKontakte Russias answer to Facebook | The effects of an encounter like this can be longlasting and even indelible for disabled people In the UK certain places have acknowledged that autistic people and those with other disabilities including cerebral palsy and Tourettes may be unable to sit quietly for long durations of time In Russia the ter Paralympics in Sochi were considered a success in terms of accessibility for disabled people There is also legislation relating solely to disabled people which was adopted in but Tanya Cooper from Human Rights Watch says this does not relate to discrimination and only covers benefits employment and subsidies | |
| At present the cafe owner is being investigated by Russias Federal Investigative Committee But Cooper says it would make more sense to use antidiscrimination law consistently instead of applying an excessively harsh article of the criminal code which could result in five years in prison As a former resident of Moscow she said that disability discrimination is rampant and engrained in Russia and many Russians treat disabled people as if they are diseased or ill and should be shut out of the public eye But many more Russians sided with Oksana online and condemned the cafe owners actions These people are sick they are an embarrassment for humanity wrote Sarmad Akram on Vodianovas Facebook page Prominent Russians joined in the criticism I will never set foot in the Flamingo cafe and I hope you will support me editorinchief of The New Times magazine Yevgeniya | Albatstweeted Other Russians questioned Vodianovas motives saying she was seeking media attention The disabled have nothing to do with it Vodianova has inflated her PR Westernstyle one persontweeted Ms Vodianova since you have so much why havent you provided your sister with a life in some proper health centre for sick people by the sea for instance a VKontakte userasked According to disability experts the situation with Vodianovas sister is typical for Russia and every family with such a faces similar situations Irina Dolotova of Road to World a Russian charity for ren with special needs tells BBC Trending that Russia is just at the beginning of the path in terms of disability rights protection This situation is new Until the s it wasnt considered acceptable to show such ren there are a lot of superstitious beliefs and theres little awareness in society she says |
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