Introduces three disabled students who, through interviews and film footage, share stories about their disabilities, revealing how they cope and how they enjoy the same activities as other children.
Recounts the life of Helen Keller, who had lost her sight and hearing by age 2, focusing on her early childhood and how her teacher Anne Sullivan succeeded in teaching her to understand the manual alphabet.
Denise describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Denise's mother was small.
Miranda finds it difficult to rehearse for the dance recital after she learns that her mother's poliomyelitis kept her from dancing when she was a child. Presented in English and Spanish.
When Jessica Wakefield, always the center of attention, hurts her ankle, she feels left out of things, like Pamela Jacobson, a girl with a heart condition.
Personal challenges such as learning disabilities and deafness do not prevent twelve-year-old Matthew and his friends from having a summer filled with adventure.
