Adopted at Birth: A Dwarf Finds Her Real Family

Multiple gold-medal-winning Paralympian Ellie Simmonds embarks on an intensely personal journey to explore the complex relationship between disability and adoption.

Adopted as a baby, Ellie sets out to understand her own beginnings by tracking down her birth mother — who made the decision to give her up just two weeks after she was born. Along the way, Ellie confronts difficult questions about identity, belonging, and the stigma that can surround disability at birth.

Through honest conversations and emotional revelations, this powerful documentary examines how attitudes toward disability can shape life-changing decisions, and what it truly means to search for answers about where you come from.

A moving exploration of adoption, disability, and self-discovery — told through one woman’s deeply personal story.