Barrier Free Manitoba

Barrier-Free Manitoba is pleased to post a selection of educational and public service videos that have been released in the United Kingdom over the last several years. All the links provided to these videos are through You Tube.

Please feel free to suggest other videos that you think we should include.

UK Disability Discrimination Commission

(The Disability Discrimination Commission was replaced by the UK Equality and Human Rights Commission which opened on 1 October 2007

Talk

The award-winning 'Talk' portrays a society in which non-disabled people are a pitied minority and disabled people lead full and active lives.
Part 1 (5:40): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSG6LGutkHo
Part 2 (5:07): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpdyIYEmrs8
A Clip (abbreviated – 2:47): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3AeIFup1qY

Job Interview

A woman with Down's Syndrome is being interviewed for a job, and becomes hesitant when the employer has a question for her - but it's not as bad as she expects. (1:01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN05UfmIAh4

Closing the Gap

'Closing the Gap' is a powerful documentary depicting the real life experiences of four people with learning disabilities and/or mental health problems in primary health care.
Part 1 (7:32): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrrVhIgg5oE
Part 2 (8:12): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFia4JJIXN8

Saleswoman

A woman has no trouble at her job in a travel agency, despite being blind. (0:41)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fvKp7voPkg

Nice Day

A powerful, hard-hitting commercial which highlights the daily abuse and bullying endured by people with learning disabilities (1:04)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWR1v2ZDoCU

Depression

An employer embarrassingly tries and fails to express an enlightened view when he discovers the man he is interviewing for a job has a history of depression. (1:00)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILa9ynqYfEs

Shopping

Some disabled people have little chance of living a life independently due to difficulties with the social care system. (1:03)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ea5iuauAY

UK Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Discrimination: A series of post-2000 public information commercials.

Club

A bartender in a club switches effortlessly into sign language when he realizes the woman he's trying to chat up is actually deaf. (1:01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcTQ49C-7gw

The Appointment

A comedy-drama from the Disability Rights Commission. The film explores how attitudes to disability and long-term health conditions can affect people's chances of getting and keeping a job. (9:31)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzWqbG3qF3w

Committee

A chairman is patronising to one of his committee members because she walks with crutches. (1:01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOE0ihJWPW8

Disabled/Enabled

Shows how small changes in the workplace can make it a lot easier for a disabled employee to do his/her job. (1:01)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzq3on2qiA

jobability.com

Ricky Gervais: Disability Employment (1:04)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2XmBj0wSU