Indian American Sikh author/racial justice activist Simran Jeet Singh and British Indian illustrator Baljinder Kaurâs book on Fauja Singh, the 110-year-old British marathon runner of Indian descent, is among the films, TV programs and books that have been honored with a Christopher Award.
With a message about appreciating people who look different from us, the book for ages six and up, âFauja Singh Keeps Going,â has won the award in the Books for Young People category. The book shares the true story of the Sikh man who, despite being disabled as a child, became the first person over the age of 100 to complete a marathon.
72nd Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Faith, And Hope
Creators of 22 films, TV programs and books to receive recognition
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NEW YORK, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ From the heroism of front line workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to stories of black patriots during the American Revolution, to a General Hospital star s struggles with mental illness, the 22 films, TV programs, and books for adults and young people being honored with
Christopher Awards in the program s 72
nd year highlight the life-changing power of facing hardships with hope, courage, determination, and faith.
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Karen Killilea, whose story helped change views on cerebral palsy, dies at 80
Harrison Smith, The Washington Post
Dec. 23, 2020
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Karen Killilea, center, is pictured in 2013 with her sister Kristin Viltz, left, joined by Kristin s husband, Simon, and daughter Nikole.Family photo by Linda Marie Werner
When Karen Killilea was born in 1940, three months premature and weighing less than two pounds, few doctors expected her to live. She had sparkling eyes and an infectious smile but spent her first nine months in a hospital, watched over by nurses in the newborn intensive care unit.
Once she came home to Rye, N.Y., she seemed unusually still and rigid for an infant, never rolling over, kicking her feet or reaching her tiny hands toward her parents. Killilea (pronounced KILL-ill-ee) was eventually diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a group of movement disorders that led one physician to suggest her parents institutionalize her. Another declared that in China, they ta