Assignment

Title Where to Watch Quick Summary

Autism: The

Musical HBO, Hulu

A dynamic and intimate look at several families whose autistic children create and perform a

live musical in L.A

A Dangerous

Son HBO

Focuses on three families in crisis, each struggling with a child’s severe mental illness while

desperately seeking treatment in the face of limited resources and support

Including

Samuel Amazon

A film about inclusion. The family of Samuel, who has Cerebral Palsey, works to include him in

all facets of their lives.

I Can't Do This,

But I CAN Do

That

HBO A compelling portrait of children who overcome their learning disabilities by focusing on their

individual talents.

I Have

Tourette's but

Tourette's

Doesn't Have

Me

HBO Insightful family documentary that takes a candid look at the lives of more than a dozen

American children who have Tourette Syndrome.

Miss You Can

Do It HBO

The first woman with a disability to take part in the Miss USA Pageant is inspired to create a

special pageant for young women with disabilities.

Blindsight Hulu Blindsight follows the gripping true-life adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers on a climbing

expedition up formidable Mount Everest.

The Horse Boy Hulu A family travels with their young son, who has autism spectrum disorder, to Mongolia in search

of horses and healing.

Loving

Lampposts Hulu

As autism has exploded into the public consciousness over the last 20 years, two opposing

questions have been asked about the condition: is it a devastating sickness to be cured? Or is it a

variation of the human brain, just a different way to be human?

Autie: An

Autism

Documentary

Youtube A documentary about autism, rights and neurodiversity

Born Freak https://www.sapinxray.com/

portfolio/born-freak Disabled actor Mat Fraser explores how disabled performers survived working in freak shows

Crip Camp Netflix Disabled kids from a summer camp grow up to be disability activists

Journey into

Dyslexia HBO Profile of dyslexic professionals, thriving students and compassionate educators

Murderball Amazon Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to

compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Sound and Fury PBS Two families, one deaf and one hearing, make decisions about cochlear implants for their

children

Who Am I To

Stop It Kanopy

Follows three artists as they navigate social isolation, stigma, and rebuilding their identities

following a traumatic brain injury.

When I walk Youtube, Amazon The film follows DaSilva during the seven years following his diagnosis of primary progressive

multiple sclerosis.

Rising Phoenix Netflix

Follows nine Paralympians in the run-up to the Paralympics in Rio in 2016, and shows the

history of the Paralympic Games as well as the frustration felt by athletes and organisers that it

is still viewed as lesser than the Olympic Games.

Emmanuel's

Gift Prime Video

This documentary tells the story of 27-year-old Ghanaian Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born with

a scarred leg. People with disabilities are often disdained or even murdered at birth in Africa, but

Emmanuel is determined to be a part of society.

Wretches and

Jabberers Kanopy

Two men with autism embark on a global quest to change attitudes about disability and

intelligence.

Hear and Now HBO Follows her parents as they make the difficult decision whether to receive cochlear implants and

thus change their relationship with the deaf community they have always known.

The United

States of

Autism

Kanopy The father of a boy with an autism spectrum disorder travels the United States to meet people

and families similarly affected.

Intelligent

Lives Amazon Follows the lives, careers, and education of three young people with intellectual disabilities