Documentary 'People Like Us'

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• Kirsti Mutz, a graduate of Southeastern University
  • Produced a documentary 'People Like Us'
  • On the lives of 6 people with intellectual disabilities
  • As a way of increasing awareness and understanding
• The focus of the documentary is on the 6 people who:
  • Take part in a local theatre group called 'Out of the Box'
  • A theatre group for people with unique abilities
• The age range of those involved in the theatre group is from 7 to 60
• She saw her sister Emma - born with Down's Syndrome - suffer;
  • isolation, rejection and exclusion in her daily life and was determined to do something about it
• She finds her sister a source of joy and wanted others to see what a blessing it is to have someone like Emma in her life
• They can “be whoever they want to be,” said Mutz
• Further reading available on the The Ledger