Music Within is a comedy-drama based on the true story of Richard Pimentel, who experienced significant hearing loss and permanent tinnitus as a result of combat in the Vietnam War. Upon his return to the United States, Richard encountered significant barriers and discrimination related to his disability. Art Honeyman, one of Richard’s friends, is a fellow university student with cerebral palsy. Much of the movie focuses on the challenges in access and acceptance Art experiences before the establishment of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In one scene, Art and Richard are arrested for violating an “ugly law,” laws that prohibited people with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities from being in public. Richard begins advocacy to increase job placements for people with disabilities and authors the Tilting at Windmills Training Program to educate employers.