Samuel Habib

Dan Habib

Sara Bolder

Jim LeBrecht

Erica Lupinacci

Andraéa LaVant

James Rutenbeck

Kylie Miller

Soul Proprietor studio

Max Avery Lichtenstein

IMRSV Sound

Lydia X.Z. Brown

Judy Heumann

Keith Jones

Andrew Peterson

Ali Stroker

Bob Williams

Maysoon Zayid

Samuel Habib is a typical 21-year-old, itching to move out, start a career, and find love. But no one tells you how to be an adult, let alone an adult with a disability. Can a community of disability activists help him follow his dreams?

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'The Ride Ahead': Samuel Habib, 'badass disabled adults' make a roadmap for adulthood

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Dan Habib produced and co-directed the Emmy Award-winning My Disability Roadmap, a 2022 New York
Times Op-Doc featured at Hot Docs, Doc NYC, and Hot Springs. He is the Director/Producer/Cinematographer
of the nationally broadcast (public television) documentary films Intelligent Lives, Who Cares About Kelsey?,
Mr. Connolly Has ALS, and Including Samuel. He served on the President’s Committee for People with
Intellectual Disabilities under President Obama. He is currently the Inclusive Communities Project Director
at the Westchester Institute for Human Development.
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Samuel Habib co-directed the Emmy Award-winning My Disability Roadmap, a 2022 New York Times Op-
Doc. The film was a Critics Choice nominee and featured at festivals including Hot Docs, Doc NYC, and Hot
Springs. Samuel was also a story consultant on the nationally broadcast film Mr. Connolly Has ALS and has
presented nationally on disability rights. Samuel is a college student who navigates significant, chronic
health challenges due to his underlying GNAO1 Neurodevelopmental Disorder. He works at the Westchester
Institute for Human Development.
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The Ride Ahead

The Arc of Greater Haverhill Newburyport