Deals with the problems faced by epileptics seeking employment. Traces the career of a teenage girl on the point of leaving school who finds she is not wanted in any position because she is an epileptic. Finally she joins the British Epileptic Association which helps her to find employment and provides fellowship by the sharing of a common problem.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321521
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination against the handicapped
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination in employment
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Discrimination against the handicapped
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epilepsy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epileptics - Care and treatment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Epileptics - Employment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped - Employment
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)