18.1.2004 - Being
Different - BBC World Service radio series on disability
can
now be heard on line at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/docu2.shtml
Being Different is a series of four programmes exploring the experience of people with disability around the world, to share their insights into living with a disability, the prejudice they have to overcome and their recipe for success.
16.1.2004 Superfest XXIV Call for Entries
CDT'S annual International Media Festival on Disabilities seeks entries
of works about disability or by mediamakers with a disability. Winners
will be screened in the SF Bay Area. Final entry deadline: January
31, 2004. For more information, visit: http://www.madknight.com/cdt/superfest
20.11.2003 eAccessibility by Voice: VOICE Recognition supporting people with hearing or other disabilities (Italy, 24-25 November 2003)
1.12.2003 The VOICE Project
Giving a VOICE to the deaf by developing awareness of VOICE to
text recognition capabilities
5.12.2003 British Film institute and Disability Equality in
Education Collaboration.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/resources/teaching/disability/
This website provides a wealth of information on how disability has been represented in moving image from the earliest days. The resource aims to:
5.12.2003 BBC discussed the Athens's manifesto at the pan BBC
Disability Co-coordinating Group.
The group decided
that the BBC could endorse the Manifesto with the following exceptions:
Note: There is within the BBC a large amount of
editorial independence , a crucial aspect
to good quality TV
and radio. As an organisation
BBC is not prepared to over proscribe the
ways in which its producers (in-house
and independent) approach their subjects.
However you should note that the BBC already has Producer's
Guidelines
which
outline how we expect
disabled people to be portrayed (these are
available externally on our commissioning sites). BBC work
s on the social model
of disability.