Samuel

Samuel shakes hands with the other team after his first ever t-ball game at Frisbee Field in Concord. (Dan Habib/Concord Monitor)
Samuel and Betsy meet President Barack Obama.
Dan Habib supports his son, Samuel Habib, during a t-ball game in Concord, NH, on May 27, 2006. Samuel uses a "Bronco" all-terrain walker to hit and get around the bases. From Habib's documentary film, Including Samuel, www.includingsamuel.com. MANDATORY CREDIT: Lori Duff/Concord Monitor
Samuel grabs the steering wheels of the sea plane owned by his grandfather, Walter McNamara, as he sits with his father, Dan Habib, shortly before take off. Dan Habib photo
Samuel celebrates his 5th birthday with friends during a treature hunt. Dan Habib photo
Samuel celebrates getting an answer right at school at Shaker Road School pre-kindergarten. Dan Habib photo
Samuel plays on a trampoline with his brother Isaiah and cousin Natalie Kogan Habib. Dan Habib photo
Samuel does physical therapy with Colleen Sullivan at Pediatric Physical Therapy on Thursday, 2/24/05. His father, photographer Dan Habib, is reflected in mirror. Dan Habib photo
Samuel skates on his Bronco walker at White Park pond with Isaiah. Dan Habib photo
Samuel rides his trike near his home with his mother Betsy McNamara. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib, 3, uses his wheelchair with friend Jason Bogacz, 4 at Shaker Road School. Dan Habib photo
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Samuel leads his friends in a morning lesson with the help of his pre-kindergarten teacher Justin Paul.
Samuel Habib, 7, sits in his power-assist wheelchair and smacks a t-ball off of a batting T. His father, filmmaker Dan Habib, videotapes him with a Canon XL1S MiniDV Digital Camcorder in their Concord, NH, driveway. While making the film INCLUDING SAMUEL, Habib says he continually asked himself, "When do I play filmmaker? When do I just play with my kids?" MANDATORY CREDIT: Photo by Isaiah Habib (Samuel's brother, age 11), August, 2007. From the film, Including Samuel, www.includingsamuel.com
From left: Isaiah Habib (now 11), Betsy McNamara, Dan Habib and Samuel Habib (now 8). Photo taken November 19, 2006. For publicity purposes for the film Including Samuel, www.includingsamuel.com. MANDATORY CREDIT: Sage Wheeler
Samuel and Isaiah lie together after a bath. Dan Habib photo
Samuel and Isaiah play with bubbles near a local pond. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib, 3, sits in his supportive corner chair and smiles at a friend at Shaker Road School in Concord when he was a pre-schooler. Samuel, now 7, has cerebral palsy. His parents, Dan Habib and Betsy McNamara are committed to full inclusion for Samuel in the community, family and at school. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib has a strobing electroencephalogram (EEG) at Dartmouth Medical Center, Lebanon, NH. An EEG is a test to detect problems in the electrical activity of the brain. MANDATORY CREDIT: Dan Habib, from his documentary film Including Samuel (www.includingsamuel.com)
Samuel, comforted by his brother, Isaiah, was back in the hospital after pneumonia and other complications from a tonsilectomy at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib, 3, walks with his mother, Betsy McNamara, during a trip to NYC. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib, 3, uses his walker to make his way through his class at Shaker Road School in Concord, NH. Dan Habib photo
Samuel and his father, Dan Habib, ride the half-pipe of a skate park in Hopkinton, NH, with the help of Samuel's "Bronco" walker. Dan Habib photo
Samuel shows off his new g-tube during his first day back at preschool after surgery at Shaker Road School, 8/25/03. (Concord Monitor photo/Dan Habib)
Samuel and Isaiah and Ferriers. Dan Habib photo
Samuel works on a laptop with physical therapists Colleen Sullivan in her office on March 31, 2005. (Dan Habib/Concord Monitor)
Samuel and Isaiah play in a puddle outside their home. (Dan Habib/Concord Monitor)
Samuel works with speech therapist Barbara Jobin on his "Tech-Talk" machine at Shaker Road School. Dan Habib photo
Samuel dances in Florida with friend Kelsea Moses and cousin Sophie Viandier on vacation in Amelia Island, Florida. Dan Habib photo
Samuel plays tball on May 27, 2006, and CC Tomatoes trip to FisherCats Dan Habib photos
Samuel Habib, 3, sits in his supportive corner chair and raises his hand during circle time. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib, 3, has a speech therapy session with therapist Barbara Jobin, left, and classmate Zachary Faretra. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib is held by his mother, Betsy McNamara, as a nurse changes the dressing soon after Samuel, then 3, had a g-tube inserted into his stomach to improve his ability to take in foods and medicine. Dan Habib photo
Samuel Habib rests with his mother, Betsy McNamara soon after Samuel, then 3, had a g-tube inserted into his stomach to improve his ability to take in foods and medicine. Dan Habib photo

Alana

Academic supports, like a laptop, headphones and word prompts, are critical to Alana's success in regular classes. Dan Habib photo
At the end of the school day, Alana walks down a hallway with an aide. “I think that having (an aide) with her all these years probably didn’t help her in making friends,” says special educator Karen Madeiros. Dan Habib photo
Academic supports, like a laptop, headphones and word prompts, are critical to Alana's success in regular classes. Dan Habib photo
Alana Malfy visits with a relative at her 17th birthday party at her family's Pembroke, New Hampshire, home. (Concord Monitor photo/Dan Habib)
Several classmates talk with Alana, who holds court at the school store as part of a marketing class. Alana's aide looks on with some concern; Alana's words and actions can be unpredictable. Dan Habib photo
At times, there is a fine line between classmates laughing with or at Alana. As a class winds down, students blow bubbles and Alana tries to catch them on her tongue, as classmates look on and laugh. Dan Habib photo
Alana Malfy pushes a student on a chair down the hallway. Dan Habib photo
Alana Malfy blows out the candles on her birthday cake. Dan Habib photo
Alana Malfy is a student at Pembroke Academy public high school in Pembroke, NH. She is part of Beyond Access, a University of New Hampshire pilot project working with public schools to fully include students who experience the most significant disabilities. (Dan Habib/Concord Monitor)
Alana walks with her aide through the hallways of Pembroke Academy near other students. Dan Habib photo

Nathaniel

Marlene Orellana comforts her son, Nathaniel, a first-grader at Haggerty who has autism. Before they came to Haggerty, the district said Nathaniel should be placed in a separate classroom for children with disabilities. But Marlene and her husband insisted Nathaniel be integrated into a typical classroom. Dan Habib photo
Nathaniel Orellana, a first-grader at the Haggerty School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, participates in an exercise during circle time. Nathaniel, who has a diagnosis of autism, is fully included at Haggerty.
Nathaniel Orellana dances with a friend during recess at Haggerty School. "He has grown so much socially -- its like a volcano!" said his mother, Marlene Orellana. Dan Habib photo
Inclusion facilitators, student teachers and specialists support the classroom teachers at Haggerty so that all students can access the general education curriculum. Classroom para-professional Allison DiDomenico works with Nathaniel during a writing exercise. Dan Habib photo

Emily Huff

Emily Huff looks in the mirror wearing a cape she just made. “It gives me courage,” she said.
Emily Huff swims in the Concord Racquet Club pool near a group of younger kids. "It's a relief of tension," she said. "All my cares float away. It shuts out the both reality and the inner world. Dan Habib photo
Ann Huff tries to wake up her daughter, Emily, one morning. "I don't think my days are like normal people's days, because I have to deal with the stress and the characters, and that takes a lot out of me emotional and physically," Emily said. "Imagine watching a slide show of thirty objects that are all different and trying to keep them all straight. On days like that, I sometimes shut down and go back to sleep." Dan Habib photo

Keith Jones

Keith P. Jones and Kerlyne Pacombe embrace on their wedding day. (Dan Habib/Concord Monitor)
Keith Jones, a civil rights activists and hip-hop musician from Boston, turns on a boom box during a class he is teaching as part of the Access to Theater program. Jones has cerebral palsy. Dan Habib photo
Keith Jones, center, is surrounded by groomsmen just before the wedding ceremony. Jones married Kerlyne Pacombe at the Milton Hoosic Club in Milton, Massachusetts.
Keith Jones chats with a woman on the "T" subway as he makes his way around his home town of Boston. Dan Habib photo
On the morning of his wedding, Keith Jones laughs with groomsmen in his Somerville, Massachusetts, apartment. Dan Habib photo
Keith Jones gets a shave from a friend as he gets ready for his wedding day. Jones has cerebral palsy. Dan Habib photo