The Truly Exceptional (1979)

Country

United States

How it feels

Three short films from 1979 show the lives of people with disabilities. One film follows a gymnast born with a partial arm. Another tells about a blind teenager. The third is about two brothers who were born deaf and later started their own entertainment company.

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What happens

Truly Exceptional is a live-action educational series of three short films produced in 1979 by Walt Disney Educational to explain the view point of people with disabilities. Carol Johnston, the gymnast Carol Johnston, born missing part of one arm. Dan Haley, about a 16-year-old blind boy. Tom and Virl Osmond, about two brothers, born deaf, who founded the company Osmond Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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