The Truly exceptional Dan Haley

A 16 year old who has lost 80% of his vision and will eventually be completely blind, Dan Haley does not think of himself as a handicapped person, and leads an active life. His biggest problem is that people try to do too much for him.

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Credits

director

John Cosgrove

producer/director

James Thompson

production company

Dave Bell Associates

Walt Disney Educational Media Company

Duration

00:10:59:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015361

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vision disorders

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1979

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