A Matter of Chance Episode 3 | Anne Deveson | ACMI collection

One of a series which looks at the problems and aspirations of the disabled. Anne Deveson talks to a teenager about what it is like to grow up with a physical handicap. Seventeen year old David Croft suffers from SpinaBifida, a disease which affects the spine. David talks frankly about his life, his physical problems and the way those problems present extra emotional and sexual difficulties

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Credits

co-director

Commentator

Anne Deveson

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014688

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Spasticity

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Spina Bifida

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Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

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