A quick-witted sixth-grader with cerebral palsy realizes it’s tough to grow up when folks underestimate her abilities in heartrending Disney Original Film. The tween girl with cerebral palsy at ...
Amber Sealey’s film ‘Out of My Mind’ presents a refreshing coming-of-age story about a 12-year-old girl who fights to disprove the assumptions others make about her. The protagonist, Melody Brooks, ...
But that need has a particular urgency: Melody, the central character in “Out of My Mind,” has cerebral palsy and is unable to speak. Her story, set in the early aughts and based on a novel by ...
"I can sound like whoever I want," boasts Melody Brooks in the adaptation of Sharon M. Draper's beloved novel.