Developmental Disability Awareness month
![[Image Description: An image of Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who has an intellectual disability, and filmmaker Alice Elliot seated, holding hands, talking and laughing in a bedroom. Behind them is a seated dog, a poster board filled with cards, a dresser with an old TV on top and framed photos]](https://www.newday.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_thumbnail/public/blog/2021/01/CollectorofBedfordSt2_Alice_Elliott.jpg?itok=eZmZkUjb)
February: National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
January 29, 2021
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is a time to elevate conversations with and about our community members with intellectual disabilities, to reflect their value and recognize the obstacles they face.Mimi and Dona, a film by Sophie Sartain, takes us into a mother-daughter relationship and reveals the challenges aging caregivers face when caring for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
