Hi,

This is also a bit off topic, but I thought it was important to
disseminate.  This is the first programming of the sort I have seen, but
I am also concerned that the lives of people with less common
disabilities like blindness will be missing from this series, so
encourage everyone who can to listen and if the noon shows have call-in
segments, to add anything that may be missing.

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> From: PAUL KENNETH LONGMORE <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Undisclosed.recipients:;
> Subject: "Beyond Affliction"
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 11:52 AM
>
>
> "Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project"
> May 5-8 at 10 a.m.  and 7 p.m., on NPR
>
> Beyond Affliction:  The Disability History Project is a four-hour
> documentary series examining one of the most overlooked civil rights
> revolutions of the century.
>
> "The history of those with disabilities is almost unknown to the American
> public," explains series co-producer and host Laurie Block.  "These are
> people who've suffered discrimination and institutionalization, and who
> have fought for basic human rights--- not only to vote, but to work, to
> live with their families and have families of their own, to have access
to
> the activities of daily life.  It's as gripping as any story in our
> country's existence."
>
> May 5---Inventing the Poster Child---from Dickens' Tiny Tim to March of
> Dimes poster children, the public has been encouraged to give to those in
> need.  Can this be done without exploitation?
>
> May 6---What's Work Got to Do With It?  Why do the majority of adults
with
> disabilities still face low employment expectations and job
> discrimination?  This program examines public policy affecting disabled
> citizens and how the tangled web of old and new programs can both support
> and entrap the people who most need them.
>
> May 7---The Overdue Revolution considers how people with disabilities
have
> come to represent themselves after generations of being spoken to, for,
> and about by the non-disabled.  The people who demanded rights tell how
> they organized to secure a better future.
>
> May 8---Tomorrow's Children looks to the future and the unprecendented
> dilemmas raised by prenatal testing.  Ethicists and historians say that
to
> understand the present challenges, we must consider the treatment of
> disabled newborns and adults in the past.
>
> The series will be complemented by a special week long series on Talk of
> the Nation, starting Monday May 4, hosted by former NPR journalist John
> Hockenberry and continued during the week by regular hosts Ray Suarez and
> Ira Flatow.