Video and audio

The following is a list of multimedia regarding Williams syndrome. Those available through the WSA are noted and can be ordered using our printed order form, or through the eStore.

Media list

VIDEO

• Growing up Different
• A Very Special Brain
• Mixed Blessings
• Don't Be Shy Mr. Sacks
• A Father's Love
• For the Love of Music
• Williams Syndrome: A Highly Musical Species
• Williams Syndrome & Music

• Gray Matters: Music and the Brain
• WSA Convention session audio tapes

Growing up Different (Friendly Genes segment) [back to top]

Program transcript
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produced by: PBS, Scientific American Frontiers, 2001
Summary: This PBS television broadcast appeared as a Scientific American Frontiers special hosted by Alan Alda. The broadcast also featured remarks by Dr. Ursula Bellugi, Director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at the Salk Institute.

A Very Special Brain [back to top]

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produced by: CBS, 60 Minutes, 1997/1998
Summary: CBS 60 Minutes segment on Williams syndrome. This Peabody Award winning segment aired in both October 1997 and July 1998.

Mixed Blessings [back to top]

This segment is on the 60 Minutes tape above
produced by: ABC, Boston Chronicle, 1997
Summary: ABC Boston Chronicle segment aired in the fall of 1997 Features the camp at Belvoir Terrace in Lenox, MA and highlights a few of the WS individuals who have attended.

Don't Be Shy Mr. Sacks [back to top]

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produced by: the BBC
Summary: Produced by the BBC (filmed at Belvoir Terrace, the Salk Institute and the Comfort Home in San Diego, CA) and seen in the US on PBS and in many special museum showings throughout the country.

A Father's Love [back to top]

produced by: ABC News, NightLine with Ted Koppel, Friday, October 9, 1998

For the Love of Music [back to top]

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Williams Syndrome: A Highly Musical Species [back to top]

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Williams Syndrome & Music [back to top]

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Gray Matters: Music and the Brain [back to top]

Program transcript
produced by: National Public Radio, 1998
Summary: This radio broadcast appeared on National Public Radio and was hosted by Mandy Patinkin. (Note: Only a segment of the broadcast referred to Williams syndrome.)

WSA Convention session audio tapes [back to top]

Online ordering
Tapes of previous Convention sessions can be ordered online through The Sound of Knowledge. To order audio tapes from the 2000 and 2002 Conventions online, pick here.


Note: you will need to search for "WSA" on the TSOK site to get the convention listings.

Printed order form
To order audio tapes from the 2002 Convention using a printed order form, get the order form here.