My Life with FD: Samantha Myers on Nick News (with Linda Ellerbee)

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Title

My Life with FD: Samantha Myers on Nick News (with Linda Ellerbee)

Subject

youth, activist, video, community-based, documentary, disability, woman director

Description

A conversation for kids about Familial Dysautonomia. Gift from filmmaker. Samantha Ginsburg was the daughter of my friend and colleague, Faye Ginsburg, who gave me the video to teach with. Both agreed it would promote Sam's activist agenda if it was digitized and put online.

Creator

Samantha Ginsburg Myers, 33, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2022, from cardiac arrest. Sam was an activist on behalf of those with Familial Dysautonomia (FD), her rare Jewish degenerative genetic condition.

Date

2000

Is Referenced By

Samantha Myers
Nick News wiki
FamilialDysautonomia.org
Samantha Ginsburg Meyers, "A Celebration of Life"
Samantha Meyers, obituary

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Duration

35:54

Director

Samantha Myers

URL

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Samantha Ginsburg Myers, 33, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2022, from cardiac arrest. Sam was an activist on behalf of those with Familial Dysautonomia (FD), her rare Jewish degenerative genetic condition., “My Life with FD: Samantha Myers on Nick News (with Linda Ellerbee),” VHS Activism Archive , accessed March 16, 2026, https://activismvhs.omeka.net/items/show/676.

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