By Beds SU
Thursday, 14 November 2024
As part of our commitment to raising awareness, starting conversations and celebrating inclusion and diversity we have collated the following recommendations to mark Disability History Month.
Films
Is Anybody Out There
This award winning docu/film follows the personal story of filmmaker Ella Glendinings search to find others who share her disability and shining a light on the challenge of loving yourself, whilst navigating daily discrimination and the pervasiveness of ableism. Beds SU will be showing this film on Monday 18 November – 17:00 – 18:30 – The Snug, G Block, Luton.
You can also stream from Amazon Prime.
Unrest
Follows the story of Jennifer Brea, a Harvard PhD student struck down by an initial fever that was eventually diagnosed as ME (chronic fatigue syndrome). The film focuses on Jennifer's journey and others within the ME community and the impact this debilitating illness can have on individuals.
The Theory of Everything
Award-winning film from 2014, starring Eddie Redmayne, Emily Watson and Felicity Jones is the biopic of Stephen Hawking who defeated the odds against him after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at just 21, to become a trailblazer in the world of physics.
Rent/buy on Amazon, Apple, YouTube or Sky.
TV series
Fresh Cuts
Features a series of short form content including makeover series ‘Date My Nan’, Disable talent-led chat show from Richard Walker ‘Unfiltered Women' and cooking show ‘Takeaway or Fakeaway’. The content is funded by ITV’s Diversity Commissioning Fund, set up in 2022.
Watch on ITV / ITVX
Inside our Autistic Mind
Presenter Chris Packham fronts this powerful series which enables individuals with autism to illustrate how their minds works and in doing so for deeper connections with family and friends.
BBC iPlayer
The Healing Power of Dude
This comedy series follows the story of an 11 year-old boy with social anxiety as he embarks on secondary school and finds support from a loveable, scruffy dog called Dude.
Netflix
Books
True Biz - Sara Nović's
Sara Nović's novel is a celebration of both Deaf culture and the Deaf community. Set in the fictional school of River Valley School for the Deaf, True Biz depicts the challenges and lives the pupils and teachers face in a small industrial town over the course of a year.
It’s Not a Bloody Trend – Understanding the life as an ADHD Adult– Kat Brown
Based on Kat’s personal experience and a series of interviews with people with ADHD and world-leading clinical experts. Kat has produced an honest and cheerful guide that seeks to support and offer insight as to how having ADHD can impacts.
Out on a limb – Hannah Bonam-Young
This novel tells the story of two young people, a chance meeting, a realisation they have a lot in common including visible disabilities and an unexpected journey they embark on together. It is a love story with a bit of spice for good measure.
How the world isn’t built for autistic people & what we should all do about it – Pete Wharmby
Following a late diagnosis, Pete offers a personal, raw and witty account of what it means to be ‘different’ in a world built for neurotypical people. He details how exhausting in can be to navigate and shares insight into what we can all do to support individuals with autism in all aspects of life.