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Publisher
Reprise Records
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Selected from the past 25 years of benefit concerts, some of the biggest names in music are included, performing rare, acoustic versions of songs never heard anywhere else to benefit the Bridge School, a non-profit, innovative organization educating children with severe speech and physical impairments through the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology.
Publisher
Vanguard Cinema
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Kenny is a bright, outgoing 13 year-old kid. He is a normal kid in every way except for his appearance that shocks and disturbs. It's not a big deal for him. But some people insist on changing his appearance to spare their own feelings.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Deprived of his sight at an early age, Wolfgang Fasser turns to his ears for access to a world he once feared would be closed off forever. Awed by the restorative powers of sound, Fasser established a physical therapy retreat for disabled children where they use music and noise to communicate with others and gain control of their own bodies. As they embrace the physicality of sonic vibrations, the children's bodies slowly begin to move in harmony...
Series
Publisher
New Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Not only do parents Bob and Dorothy have six kids of their own, they have also opened up their hearts and their home to thirteen disadvantage and handicapped children. What results is an amazing mix of diversity. The multiethnic kids are heroes who belie the typical stereotype of being handicapped. They go to school, do chores, and "hang out" while simultaniously navigating the difficulties of their disablilties.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Driving with Richard tracks the history of Deirdre and Carley who reveal with candour and humour how their expectations about motherhood were altered and how they have created lifestyles that fulfill their own needs. Laced with home movie footage of Richard's development as a child and concluding with the celebration of his eleventh birthday, Driving with Richard reveals two women whose vitality and commitment to their children and to each other has...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Listen 2 the kids as they talk about the inclusion of their friends with special needs in the classroom, on the playground and in the lunchroom. This brief study of the inclusion process in an exemplary elementary school accents the joys and challenges of everyday life. The culture of acceptance is evident throughout. This film is a "must see" for teachers, teachers in training, counselors, psychologists, parents and advocates for the education of...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Graduating Peter is the sequel to the Academy Award®-winning film Educating Peter. This inspiring and thought-provoking follow-up to the 1992 Academy Award-winning documentary Educating Peter highlights the experiences of Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down syndrome, in sixth grade, eighth grade, and high school as he adds speech therapy and life skills classes and on-the-job training to his academic coursework. Interviews with Peters parents,...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity."--Container.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This video demonstrates administrative procedures for using the EDPA to assess hand function in a school-aged child with cerebral palsy, illustrating appropriate positioning, materials, verbal instruction, and presentation techniques.
10) Regular Lives
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
We produced this film over twenty-five years ago, at a time, when most people with disabilities were excluded from education and often warehoused in such institutional settings as hospitals for the mentally ill, adult residential centers and large group homes. Allowing people with disabilities into regular school classrooms, job sites and other community activities is known as mainstreaming or inclusion. Regular Lives, portrays early, successful...
12) Including Samuel
Publisher
DH Photography
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Before his son Samuel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib's award-winning documentary film, INCLUDING SAMUEL, chronicles the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives. The film honestly portrays his family's hopes and struggles, as well as the experiences...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his father's intentions to disown him. Engaged to be married, the widowed man has kept Mohammad a secret from his fiancee, certain the boy's disability will destroy his only chance for happiness. With the wedding swiftly approaching Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see...
15) Educating Peter
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down syndrome, was mainstreamed into a public school, he had a lot to learn about dealing with differencesand so did his classmates. Filmed over the course of the third-grade school year, this 1992 Academy Award-winning documentary vividly captures Peters achievements and frustrations as he makes a place for himself among his peers. The program features interviews with Peters parents, teachers, fellow students,...
16) Mimi and Dona
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What happens when love runs out of time? For 92-year-old Mimi, who has spent much of her life caring for 64-year-old Dona, her daughter with an intellectual disability, it means facing the inevitable -- the likelihood that she will not outlive her daughter and the need to find her a new home. Filmmaker Sophie Sartain, Mimi and Dona's granddaughter and niece, respectively, captures the quirky and deeply connected mother-daughter duo at their most poignant...
17) Mimi and Dona
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A personal documentary charting the heart-wrenching process of separating a 92-year-old mother, Mimi, from her 74-year-old daughter Dona, who has an intellectual disability and has lived at home her entire life. Written, directed and narrated by Sophie Sartain, Mimi's granddaughter and Dona's niece, the film captures the sweet and quirky world of Mimi and Dona and documents the family's anguish over finding a home for Dona. The film spotlights the...
18) The lost prince
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Miranda Richardson and Tom Hollander star as Queen Mary and King George V. After discovering that their son Prince John suffers from epilepsy and learning disabilities, the royals have the boy sent off to be raised in a rural farmhouse, lest he tarnish the family's image of superiority. Removed from the public eye and the attention of his parents, Prince John forms a loving bond with his nurse, Lalla.
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