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Public transportation and the disabled / produced by Jude Heuman.

Discussion of the transportation needs of the disabled. Features interviews with Carol Winstein, Accessible Service Unit of AC Transit; Pat Pirus, Senior planner of the Metropolitan Transit Commission; James Lee of Golden Gate Transit; and Kitty Cohen of the World Institute on Disability.

Stuttering / produced by Jude Heuman.

Michael Sugarman, John Harrison, and Mel Hoffman of the National Stuttering Project, discuss how people who stutter are seldom considered disabled. Each of these people has stuttered. They discuss how growing up as a stutterer has affected their life, and how they relate to others.

Temporary disabilities / produced by Jude Heuman.

Interviews with several people who suffered from temporary disabilities. Judith Bernstein sustained a ligament injury. Florence Dowlitt is from the Berkeley Center for Indpendent Living. Pam Walker, disabled by polio, suffered a temporary shoulder disabiilty. Teddy Pendergrass, a pop singer, discussing resuming his career after an automobile accident left him a quadraplegic.

Disabled youth / produced by Jude Heuman.

Three physically disabled youths discuss the origins of their disabilites, their relationships with family and friends, education, and their plans for the future.
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