The Story Behind "Including Samuel"

"Including Samuel" by Dan Habib is a 58-minute documentary about including children with disabilities into typical classrooms. The Bubel/Aiken Foundation will be honoring Dan Habib and Betsy McNamara this October with its Champions of Change Award. Below are a few excerpts from an article by Jim Fennell about the film. Be sure to click here to read the article in its entirety: [...]"I had my modest goal, and I had my secret dream," said Habib, the former photography editor of the Concord Monitor. "My modest goal was that it would become a tool within New Hampshire to talk about inclusion in a more informed and innovative way. My secret goal was that it would serve that purpose nationally and internationally and would cross over to the mainstream." "Including Samuel" quickly gained notoriety and national media attention after additional premieres in Boston and Washington, D.C., making Habib’s secret dream a reality in less than year.[...] [...]"Including Samuel" is the person...