The Arc of New Jersey and The Arc of Monmouth, Tinton Falls, in collaboration with Monmouth University (MU), West Long Branch, and its student council for exceptional children, will host a showing of the documentary, “A Friend Indeed — The Bill Sackter Story,” 3 p.m. April 5 at MU’s Wilson Hall. Admission is free.
Bill Sackter was an individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The film explores his life as a man escaping the bonds of lifelong institutional confinement to leading a fulfilling life, and how he influenced historic changes in society’s perception of persons with disabilities. The Arc honors an individual with intellectual disabilities each year, in Mr. Sackter’s name, and past Monmouth County nominees will be recognized at the event.
For more information, call The Arc of Monmouth at 732-493-1919 or email [email protected].