How do you celebrate coming of age when you can never really grow up?
Following six teenagers with special needs, "The Ball" charts the individual journeys of these students as they prepare for their schools debutante ball. Including revealing interviews with the staff, students and their parents, footage from three months worth of demanding rehearsals, a collection of intimate and unique moments shared on camera and a grand finale on the dance floor this promises to be a special and uplifting documentary. For these children who have always been told that they are different, their greatest joy will come from taking part in something that most high-schoolers take for granted, a deb ball.
