The concepts of self-determination and self-advocacy have been a focus in the education of students
with disabilities and many new curricula, guidelines, and materials have recently become
available for educators. This article describes a project that involved individuals with intellectual
disabilities in making a movie as a strategy for exploring and developing self-advocacy skills.A
facilitator/ director worked with the individuals as they discussed movie ideas based on selfdetermination,
while learning concepts and working on component skills such as self-advocacy
and problem solving. The authors share what they learned during the project and provide ideas
for educators to follow a similar model with their students.