Sam’s letter to the NYT’s editor

New York Times
June 22, 2003

Disney Channel
Another View

To the Editor:

I
was really glad to read your article about how the Disney Channel has
developed successful shows with minority characters [”At the Disney
Channel, It’s a Diverse World After All” by Marc Weingarten, May 25].
Disney has also been one of the best kid’s channels at making great
stories with believable characters who have different kinds of
disabilities. Its made-for-TV movies, like ”Tru Confessions” (about a
teenager with a developmental disability and his twin sister) and
”Most Valuable Primate” (about a deaf girl who befriends a chimp),
are almost the only shows on television where you can see what its like
for those of us who are part of another important minority.

SAMANTHA MYERS, Manhattan

The writer, who is 14, has the genetic disorder familial dysautonomia.