Date: Thursday 4/18
Time: 6:30-8:45p
Age Group: Teen & Adult

Program Location: Shanis Auditorium

Description: SPEAC of Upper Dublin & Upper Dublin Library present an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary:  "In A Different Key" The film is a true story of love, autism, and the fight to belong.

Venue is wheelchair accessible

ASL interpretation is available if requested by 4/12/24. Contact lsmyth@mclinc.org

For other reasonable accommodations, please request in the registration.

Partner Organization: The Special Education Advisory Council (SPEAC) of Upper Dublin supports learning for all students and seeks to ensure the needs of special education students are continuously identified and effectively addressed so that these students are given the opportunity to participate fully in the general education classroom. We are a non-profit parent group that provides education, information, support and resources to parents, teachers, school administration, and the community to increase awareness of the needs and acceptance of these students.

Commentator: Shawn Devon Aleong is a talented and ambitious African-American male who lives with cerebral palsy. He is a human rights, disability rights, and civil rights advocate. Shawn is a self-proclaimed trend-setter and known for breaking down barriers and stereotypes that marginalize black males and individuals with disabilities. Shawn is currently a Legal Studies and a Finance student in the Fox School of Business where he is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Business Law and Finance with a minor in real estate. 

Shawn occupies his spare time by supporting off-campus activities of which one of his positions includes an appointed citizen member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) by the Biden administration. He also previously served an appointed role within the Office of the Mayor as a commissioner for the Philadelphia Police Advisory Commission.