Max Starkloff

Max Starkloff was known for his work as a disability rights activist. But he also was a painter.Later this month, several of Starkloff's paintings will be…

David Gray, a scientist who relentlessly championed the right of people with disabilities to live independent, satisfying lives, has died.Mr. Gray, a…

Today’s edition of StoryCorps, which aired during “Morning Edition,” was a remembrance of Max Starkloff, a pioneer in the disability rights movement who…

In 1959, at age 21, Max Starkloff broke his neck in a car accident, becoming a quadriplegic.“I think most people see disability as the worst thing that…

It takes a great character to make a good story. That’s what I was once told.But what makes a great character?My muses have always told me to find someone…

Colleen Kelly Starkloff has been on the forefront of the disability rights movement ever since she met her late husband, Max Starkloff, in the nursing…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: This week Americans celebrate independence. Yet nearly 20 percent of our own citizens – citizens with…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 10, 2012 - “You shouldn’t be here,” she said.The woman probably meant well. She saw a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 25, 2011 - During one especially cold morning in January of last year, a disabled man who uses a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 8, 2011 - Mark Johnson's always been an advocate of civil rights, even if it means…