The California disability community is mourning the passing of actor and disability advocate RJ Mitte. RJ voiced Lorenzo in the Lanterman and Friends video series.
The videos were created to explain services, rights, and other topics for the developmental disability community.
RJ described Lorenzo as “a 27-year-old guy with cerebral palsy, that’s a wheelchair user, Italian American, and kind of an artist, a musician, and has a girlfriend, trying to find his independence in his own way.”
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