Photojournalist Dan Habib has written a guest blog post for the Washington Post website for his new movie, Including Samuel. This is a film about his experiences with his son, Samuel (who has cerebral palsy), and trying to give him "inclusion". This means not only inclusion in school, but in other areas of life. The movie also Chronicles the experiences of other individuals with disabilities. In his post, Mr. Habib notes something very important when it comes to how parents deal with raising kids with disabilities:
"My experience is that parents of children with disabilities face a different balancing act. One big struggle is balancing time spent supporting a child with a disability vs. the family's other child(ren). Others include marshaling the time, energy and financial resources needed to manage a child's medical care and therapy, and the scarce resources left for yourself, your relationship with your spouse, and your work."
I will not be able to see this movie in the theater, because there are no scheduled screenings in the midwest. However, I will try and get a hold of a DVD whenever it is available.
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