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Mar 19, 2020 · For example, if a student disagrees with a peer, using a handshake emoji 🤝 or a smiling face 😊 can convey their differing opinion respectfully. This approach can foster a culture of kindness and consideration, crucial for productive and positive learning environments.
Watching movies about characters with learning and attention issues and developmental disabilities can give kids a chance to see relatable characters on-screen and help build understanding, compassion, and inclusivity.
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) In the few short years since its release, American documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) has quickly become a classic of Disability cinema.
- Special (2019-2021) Netflix’s Special is a comedy-drama series based loosely on the life of actor-writer Ryan O’Connell. O’Connell plays Ryan, a gay man with Cerebral Palsy who, after a somewhat arrested development, decides to pursue the life he wants.
- Then Barbara Met Alan (2022) The recent BBC drama Then Barbara Met Alan is based on the real-life story of Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, two Disabled cabaret artists who in 1989 met at a gig, fell in love and went on to found D.A.N, the Disabled people’s Direct Action Network.
- The L Word: Generation Q (2019-2023) While The L Word centered on a group of mostly white, cis, middle-class lesbians living in Los Angeles, The L Word: Generation Q is a more inclusive and intersectional update on the original series.
- On the Way to School (Sur le chemin de l’école) This 77-minute French documentary for children has subtitles, but is mostly visual. On the Way to School follows four children on their way to school.
- Finding Nemo. Though this classic Disney/PIxar film is an obvious choice, many people forget that Finding Nemo’s endearing protagonist has a physical disability — a stunted fin that challenges his mobility — because it is handled so matter-of-factly.
- The Point. Remember this one? Dealing with difference more conceptually, The Point is about Oblio, a little round boy in a pointy world. This 1971 film is narrated by Ringo Starr with Schoolhouse Rock-style animation.
- The Miracle Worker. The classic 1962 biography focuses on Anne Sullivan’s struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate. Not only is the story a powerful depiction of the life of a severely disabled person, but it is also historically significant.
A first year college student forms a music club in an abandoned theater, putting on a modern day version of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" to raise money for a local homeless man.
- Dave Moody
Jan 26, 2020 · Use this review and study plan alongside the film ‘Wonder’ to understand better the world of children who are ‘different’, and their families. This study plan is primarily created to be used with children and young people, e.g. in a youth group setting, but could also easily be used at home. Film Title: Wonder Year of Release: 2017
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It was difficult to choose just ten movies that suits everyone’s interests, but we felt the movies on this list are a good jumping-off point. While not without their shortcomings, these movies were selected in an effort to reflect a variety of disabilities, experiences and current attitudes.
