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Defying the Label

2015
1 season
15 episodes
Documentary

Explores what it's like to live with a disability in the UK today.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Don’t Take My Baby

    20-07-201560m

    An extraordinary factual drama which tells the story of a disabled couple’s agonising struggle to keep their new-born baby. Based on real-life testimony, this emotional tale will c...

  • Ep 2

    2.Me & My New Brain

    21-07-201560m

    Charlie Elmore suffered a brain injury in a snowboarding accident four years ago. Now she’s going to retrace the steps of her dramatic recovery and meet other young people adjustin...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime

    23-07-201560m

    Adam Pearson is on a mission to explore disability hate crime - to find out why it is under-reported, under-recorded and under the radar. Adam challenges people to question their o...

  • Ep 4

    4.Wanted: A Very Personal Assistant, Episode 1

    24-07-201560m

    Just because you’re disabled, it doesn’t mean you can’t have fun, and if you’re disabled and in your 20s, that probably means going out, getting drunk and getting lucky, going to p...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Boy Who Wants His Leg Cut Off

    27-07-201560m

    Eleven year-old Dillon Chapman from Somerset wants to have his left leg amputated. His tiny body is ravaged with over 200 tumours caused by the genetic condition neurofibromatosis...

  • Ep 6

    6.The World’s Worst Place to Be Disabled?

    28-07-201560m

    Disabled journalist Sophie Morgan travels from London to Ghana to uncover the horrifying reality for many disabled people who live there. Sophie meets children who have been exiled...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus, Episode 1

    30-07-201560m

    Studying, partying and dating - the everyday antics of students living away from home for the very first time. At the National Star College in Gloucestershire, the thrills and spil...

  • Ep 8

    8.Wanted: A Very Personal Assistant, Episode 2

    31-07-201560m

    In the final programme, the new carers are pushed further out of their comfort zones as they help their employers face real-world challenges away from the home. With the possibilit...

  • Ep 9

    9.Disabled in an Instant

    03-08-201560m

    Disabled In An Instant is a film about what happens to young people who have battled to survive a life-changing illness or injury, only to get out of hospital and find themselves f...

  • Ep 10

    10.Life Begins Now

    04-08-201560m

    Partying, snogging, drinking - for a lot of us, college life is the best of times, but for people with learning difficulties, moving on from this special period in their lives rais...

  • Ep 11

    11.The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus, Episode 2

    06-08-201560m

    Every September, 170 students from around the UK begin a new year of study at National Star. Many live on campus for three years and revel in the specialist teaching, state-of-the-...

  • Ep 12

    12.Epilepsy & Me

    10-08-201560m

    What happens when people can’t see your disability? It’s hidden and can strike at any time, without warning – when you’re walking down the street, in a classroom, at a party or on...

  • Ep 13

    13.Find a Home for My Brother

    11-08-201560m

    What happens to young disabled teens when they get kicked out by the care system? This is an authored documentary by 25-year-old presenter Amal Fashanu, as she assesses what's avai...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus, Episode 3

    13-08-201560m

    National Star prepares all its students for a more independent life after college. The final episode of this ground-breaking series follows three of the most independent students i...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Totally Senseless Game Show

    11-08-201560m

    The Totally Senseless Game Show explores disability by disabling its celebrity contestants including Rick Edwards, Greg Rutherford and Amelle Berrabah from The Sugababes. Presented...

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