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- Panzarino had a close relationship with disabled Vietnam War veteran and activist Ron Kovic.
Connie Panzarino
American disability rights activist
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Connie Panzarino, from the 1965 yearbook of Massapequa High School | |
| Born | Concetta Jean Panzarino November 26, 1947 New York City, United States |
| Died | July 4, 2001(2001-07-04) (aged 53) Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Disability rights activist, writer, art therapist |
Concetta Jean "Connie" Panzarino (November 26, 1947 – July 4, 2001)[1] was an American writer and activist for disability rights and LGBTQ rights.
Early life and education
Panzarino was born in New York City, and raised on Long Island, the daughter of Frank V. Panzarino and Antoinette (Anne) Panzarino. She was born with spinal muscular atrophy type III, a progressive neuromuscular disease also known as Werdnig-Hoffmann disease.[2][3] In 1960 she appeared on posters for a fundraising appeal for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.[4] She graduated fro
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- Panzarino had a close relationship with disabled Vietnam War veteran and activist Ron Kovic.
The Me in the Mirror by Connie Panzarino, Paperback | Barnes ...
- In this deeply moving and eloquent memoir, Connie Panzarino describes her decades of struggle and triumph, her relationships with family members and long-time lover Ron Kovic (author of Born on the Fourth of July), her eventual turn to lesbianism, and her years of pioneering work in the disability rights movement.
The me in the mirror / Connie Panzarino. | Wellcome Collection
| ron kovic speech 1976 | Author and veteran Ron Kovic with disability rights activist and writer Connie Panzarino, shortly after the war in Vietnam ended in April 1975. |
| ron kovic brothers and sisters | In this deeply moving and eloquent memoir, Connie Panzarino describes her decades of struggle and triumph, her relationships with family members and long-time lover Ron Kovic (author of Born on the Fourth of July), her eventual turn to lesbianism, and her years of pioneering work in the disability rights movement. |
| did ron kovic reconcile with his parents | A longtime friend and sometime lover of disability rights activist Ron Kovic, Panzarino eventually turned to lesbianism and political activism. |
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- Ron and Connie's relationship is turbulent, on and off again for years, complicated by his inability to be monogamous and his untreated PTSD that leaves him with flashbacks, emotional volatility, outbursts of anger and bitterness about his disabled state.
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