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Dan Habib
Dan Habib
Director and Film Producer
Inclusive Communities Project Director
Westchester Institute for Human Development

Dan Habib (pronounced "Habeeb") is the creator of award-winning documentary films including INTELLIGENT LIVES, WHO CARES ABOUT KELSEY?, MR. CONNOLLY HAS ALS, INCLUDING SAMUEL and many other short films on disability-related topics. He and his son Samuel Habib are co-directors of the new MY DISABILITY ROADMAP film. Dan is the Inclusive Communities Project Director at the Westchester Institute for Human Development. Habib has screened and discussed his films hundreds of times in the U.S. and internationally, at universities, corporations, national conferences, film festivals, and independent theaters for educators, families, students, employees, policy makers, and the general public. His films have beenbroadcast nationally on public television stations, nominated for Emmy awards, and translated into 17 languages for use as teaching tools worldwide. In 2014, Habib was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

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