Educational Initiative
NYC Public Schools Partnerships
In April 2026, NYC Public Schools and DIAL, the Division of Inclusive and Accessible Learning, announced a partnership to bring Facing the Falls and its free classroom resource guide to public schools across New York City.
Through this partnership, the initiative has been shared across approximately 1,100 middle and high schools, with the potential to reach up to 500,000 students. This scale reflects not only the size of New York City’s public school system, but also the opportunity to create meaningful impact through accessible storytelling.
The initiative was designed with one reality in mind: teachers are already carrying so much. If storytelling is going to have real impact in schools, it must be useful, accessible, affordable, and easy to bring into the classroom.
Students need these conversations now more than ever. At a time when young people are navigating intense social pressure, online influence, bullying, anxiety, isolation, and questions of identity and belonging, Facing the Falls offers a powerful way to explore resilience, disability inclusion, self-worth, empathy, leadership, and the courage to ask for help.
My goal has always been to keep the film and guide free for schools, while creating resources that support reflection, discussion, confidence, empathy, leadership, and belonging for students with and without disabilities.
This partnership is also a reminder that investing in accessible educational tools is not just an investment in schools. It is an investment in the kind of culture, workforce, and society we want to build.
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Bring this educational initiative to your city, school board or individual school today!
🌟 And if you or your organization is interested in funding or catalyzing this social impact, we want to hear from you.
In Association With
For anyone who's ever found themself on the edge of a cliff
The film tells the story of international disability rights advocate, Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan. Deep in the throes of an aggressive, fatal muscle-wasting disease and no longer able to walk unassisted, Cara ventures out on a daring, 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon.
Cara’s journey to live an extraordinary life and shatter stigma against people living with disabilities unexpectedly becomes a deep dive into fear, trust and vulnerability. As the entire expedition team grapples with unanticipated dangers in a truly remote wilderness, they also come face to face with their individual demons, insecurities, and internal conflicts.
Expedition Partners
Now Streaming Worldwide for free on YouTube
Available in accessible versions:
- With Open Captions
- With Audio Descriptions
- Without captions to facilitate language translation subtitles.