The disability community has experienced a shift in its representation within the Australian entertainment industry over the past couple of years, with content such as children’s program Bluey and the SBS series Erotic Stories hitting our screens, according to Screen Australia.

Now, a film that showcases the intricacies of aging parents, disability and unconditional love has hit Australian screens.

What About Sal? stars Gerard O’Dwyer as a thirty-something year old man with Down Syndrome who, upon his mother being diagnosed with terminal cancer and fearing he will be placed in a group home, goes in search of his father, played by John Jarrett, who also wrote and directed the film.