How Connor’s 50‑Foot Mural Is Redefining Disability, Storytelling, and What It Means to Go Big or Go Home

How Connor’s 50‑Foot Mural Is Redefining Disability, Storytelling, and What It Means to Go Big or Go Home.On this episode of Almost Above Average, Chris talks with filmmaker Kari Barber, author Ashleigh (Ashley) Goodwin, and artist–advocate Connor Fogal about The Muralist and the children’s book Different Like Me: Connor Can. You Can, Too. Together they tell the story of how Connor, who lives with cerebral palsy, used a small brush strapped to his head to paint a 50‑foot public mural at the University of Nevada, Reno—and how that project is changing the way people think about disability, creativity, and what it really means to “go big or go home.”Watch, read, and connect here:Episode & showYouTube – Almost Above Average Podcast:https://youtube.com/@almostaboveaveragepod?si=BYO8cR8KIHWcr2uCThe film & Kari BarberUNR feature on The Muralist:https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/the-muralist-premiereBehind‑the‑scenes article “Making ‘The Muralist’”:https://doublescoop.art/making-the-muralist/Trailer for The Muralist:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnPQvH8f0rEKari Barber – Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/docu.kari/Kari Barber – LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kari-barber-38b4505Connor Fogal – artist & advocateUNR profile on Connor and his mural:https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2024/connor-fogal-emerald-bay-muralConnor on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/_mylow_nv_/Ashley (Ashleigh) Goodwin & the bookDifferent Like Me: Connor Can. You Can, Too. – ThriftBooks:https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/different-like-me-connor-can-you-can-too_ashleigh-goodwin_connor-fogal/58251440/Different Like Me: Connor Can. You Can, Too. – Walmart:https://www.walmart.com/ip/Different-Like-Me-Different-Like-Me-Connor-Can-You-Can-too-Paperback-9798278636038/19602969338Different Like Me – Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/people/Different-Like-Me/61585039401570/MCMEdia / Almost Above Average socialsInstagram reel for this episode:https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVw6aNokVi8/X (Twitter) – MCMEdia:https://x.com/LlcMcmedia/status/2032129864300478849?s=20Facebook – episode video:https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1HQyF4farM/Facebook – additional clip/share:https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1E1gnCpjGw/