The academics and artists in this film work with a social and minority model of disability and envision disability as a political, historical cultural identity rather than a medical malfunction or a personal tragedy. The documentary’s humor and vitality, as well as its alternation between commentary and performance, make it an effective learning catalyst.

Participants include performance artists Mary Duffy and Cheryl Marie Wade, writers Anne Finger and Kenny Fries, and scholars Harlan Hahn and Simi Linton. Some performances have intelligently deployed shock value--Duffy’s nude performance of the Venus de Milo, for example--and some of the language is "strong."