SpecialStories

Major Character with a Disability: Carla (played by Juliette Lewis) Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
A girl with intellectual disabilities proves herself to be every bit as capable as her sister when she moves out on her own.

Carla and Daniel
Main Cast:
Juliette Lewis - Carla Tate
Diane Keaton - Elizabeth Tate
Tom Skerritt - Dr. Radley Tate
Giovanni [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Sam (played by Sean Penn)
Actors with Disabilities: Joseph Rosenberg and Brad Allan Silverman
Short Description
Sam, a man with an intellectual disability fights to keep custody of his 7-year-old daughter.
Main Cast:
Sean Penn - Sam Dawson
Michelle Pfeiffer - Rita Harrison
Dakota Fanning - Lucy Diamond Dawson
Dianne Wiest - Annie Cassell
Loretta Devine - Margaret Calgrove
Richard [...]

Major Character with a Disability: Radio (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.)
Actors with Disabilities: none
Short Description
A high school football coach befriends Radio, a student with an intellectual disability.
Main Cast:
Cuba Gooding Jr. - Robert ‘Radio’ Kennedy
Ed Harris - Coach Jones
Alfre Woodard - Principal Daniels
Debra Winger - Linda
S. Epatha Merkerson - Maggie
Brent Sexton - Honeycutt
Riley Smith - Johnny
Chris [...]

Supporting Actors with a Disability: Leonard Flowers, Eddie Barbanell, John Taylor, and Nicole Bradley
Other Actors with Disabilities: 150 Special Olympians
Short Description
Desperate for cash, a man without an intellectual disability enters a Special Olympics event in the hopes of rigging the result.
Main Cast:
Johnny Knoxville - Steve Barker
Eddie Barbanell - Billy DeVore
Leonard Flowers - Jimmy
John Taylor - [...]