Being You

From the creators of Roadtrip Nation comes BEING YOU, a documentary about a trio of young strangers driving across America to learn more about living with learning disabilities (LDs). Recent high school graduate Noah Coates, recent college graduate Stephanie Whitham, and Nicole Korber, a young woman starting out in the professional world, grew up with a range of learning and attention issues, some of which weren't formally diagnosed until they were in their teens. Now in the adult world, they question whether they will be able to function, succeed, and be happy. Together with a camera crew, they embark on a one-month-long road trip in an RV up the West Coast and across the northern United States. Along the way, they stop and interview people with a range of LDs who are successful in their careers and happy with who they are. As they travel and meet with people such as comedian Howie Mandel; UX designer Pete Denman, whose work includes designing and reworking technology for Stephen Hawking; and Evelyn Polk Green, the former president of the Association for Attention Deficit Disorders, they learn that regardless of which LDs they may have, they can succeed at anything they want to do, so long as they learn to adjust in ways that work for them.