Yasmin Fedda's award winning documentary Breadmakers focuses on Edinburgh's Garvald Bakery, a social enterprise staffed by 12 people with learning disabilities.
One day the monotony of Jared's life is up-ended when he meets his pretty new co-worker Marissa. Before they know it, they develop a close friendship, one unlike either of them, ever experienced before.
This award-winning film tells the story of Glen, a young man with Down syndrome, played David Miller, on a shopping trip with a personal assistant from hell.
Carl Bentson has a great bike and a great attitude about life. His favorite word is "Yeah." With a congenital condition which is never named, we see how Carl supports the community and the community supports Carl.
Retired coal miner Carl Short, 65, lives with his 40-year old, son Sammy, who has Down syndrome. Carl suffers from black lung. When money from a class action lawsuit fails to materialize, Carl realizes his options are running out.
This film documents the inhumane conditions faced by individuals with mental disabilities situated in grossly understaffed, inadequate and neglectful psychiatric facilities around the world.
A look into the dedication of direct support professionals during and after hurricane Katrina. For months, working long hours for low pay, they put others before themselves, providing care and support with improvised resources.
In the Spring of 2007, when a Minneapolis Theater company put on a show titled "Rise of the Celebretards," people with disabilities and their allies took action. "Offense Taken" documents this community's response to the public use of the "R" word.
“When I found my sister 47 years after she was sent away, we reestablished a loving relationship and share our story with the hope that other families will be inspired to ask about and find a missing member.”
