Derek Dabkoski’s films have screened at festivals around the world, including SFFilm Fest, SF Doc Fest, Indie Memphis, Imagine Science Film Festival, and Santa Monica, among others. He won Best Director from the Courage Film Festival of Berlin and the Voices of Ability Award from the Portland Film Festival. He completed his undergraduate degree from NYU despite an attack that left him with a traumatic brain injury and permanently paralyzed on his right side. He achieved his MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts in film and television production, where he pursued directing. With a passion for telling stories about the disability community of which he is a part, his previous feature documentary, Derek Changes His Mind, followed his participation in a years-long study of the effects of stem cell therapy to treat his traumatic brain injury. Once production on No Handicap is complete, he intends to develop a travel program highlighting the world’s most accessible destinations.