Disability World
A bimonthly web-zine of international disability news and views • Issue no. 10 September-October 2001


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Gazoo: Entertaining Brazilian Website for Children & Adults

An entertaining and interesting site for adults, children, and adolescents is www.oguia.com.br/gazoo/. It tells the story of a super-hero named Gazoo who uses a wheelchair. This funny super-hero has all kinds of adventures. He recently appeared on the Brazil Telethon campaign. Visitors to the site can learn more about the campaign by downloading the original files from the sketches used in the program.

Gazoo is going to be made into a movie!!! It will be a feature film about a real-life hero, the character Gabriel Azurro, a boy with a physical disability, and his virtual hero, Gazoo, created in the world of computers. The movie aims not only to raise awareness, but first and foremost to entertain the public with the main characters' adventures. The idea of this 90-minute film is for people to enjoy themselves, while reflecting on some truths about humanity. For example, the film shows how friendship, cooperation, and art are the essential fuel for personal and social achievements, making the audience identify with each character's story without losing sight of a simple message: that happiness and life with quality, is something possible.


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