A Documentary Film Exploring the World of Students with Disabilities

The 60 minute documentary film “What Does Normal Mean?” follows seven students with disabilities through an academic year as they attend regular classes with their friends. Three award-winning documentary filmmakers visited elementary, middle, and high schools in urban and rural communities in New Mexico. The film-makers and the producers, two of whom have sons with disabilities, created a film that illustrates how inclusion can succeed and learning environments improve when school administrators, teachers, families, and disabled students and their friends work together.

The stars of “What Does Normal Mean?” are Rudy Via, Brandon Via, Tara Matzick, Kade Goss, Phillip Contreras, Rebecca Salazar, and Seda McLuckie. Among them, they are blind, have severe dyslexia, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, anacephaly, seizure disorders, a neuromuscular disease, and medical fragility. They are cowboys, artists, track stars, honor roll students, public speakers. In some ways, the students are extraordinary. But in most ways, they are just like other kids.

TO ORDER COPIES OF THE FILM:

Contact Adelita Martinez at Family Voices or call: (888) 835-5669

Cost:
• $50 for individuals and family-run organizations plus shipping and handling
• $100 for schools, agencies, institutions, businesses plus shipping and handling

Note: Tijeras Films will donate a portion of all film proceeds to Family Voices.