The Unbreakables

I’m in two minds about The Unbreakables, Life and Love on a Disability Campus, which aired on bbc3 last night. Of course, any tv program about disability should be welcomed, yet, as with much of the beeb’s current disability season, I can’t help but frown. The protagonists were presented so patronisingly it felt a bit like a freak show. Then again I suppose that would be difficult to avoid given the subject: how can one appear sympathetic to people with learning disabilities without slipping into patronisation? It is a hard balance to strike, snd I fear the programme makers failed in places. This is certainly a program and a season to keep n eye on, then, if just to make sure the beeb get it right.

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