Disabled Lives

Synopsis: Series on what it means to be disabled, marking the end of the UN Decade of Disabled persons.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 50 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Sale; 1996 sale: £200.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
Notes: Parts 1-3 broadcast on BBC 2 from 7 Jul 1995.
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: disabled people; landmines, anti-personnel

Title: Altered states
Synopsis: 1: A look at what happens when a person suddenly becomes disabled. Tells the story of PC Philip Olds, who was shot and paralysed, and the subsequent depression led to suicide. Some disabled people argue that the roots of such a tragedy lie in society's vi
Title: Where angels fear to tread 1
Synopsis: 2: In Cambodia 200 people lose their limbs through land mines every month. Western aid organisations are competing to supply artificial limbs. Asks if Western solutions are the correct ones for an underdevloped country.
Title: Gospel according to Berkeley, The
Synopsis: 3: In 1975 disabled students in Berkeley, California, set up their own services and created an accessible environment. Now as ambassadors for independent living, they are spreading their ideas; how well the the philosophy travel?
Title: Independence ‘92
Synopsis: 4: Shows the largest international disabled forum to date, and looks at how well the organisers cope with the logistical challenges.

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
Web: https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
Address: BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK
Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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