BBC Three's Defying the Label season focuses on daily problems faced by people with disabilities

A new BBC season of fifteen programmes focuses on the different struggles faced on people living with disabilities across the globe.

Including titles such as: factual drama ‘Don’t Take My Baby’, ‘The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime’ and ‘The World’s Worst Place To Be Disabled?’ – presented by the disabled journalist Sophie Morgan.

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Controller of BBC Three, Damian Kavanagh, said: “This incredibly powerful range of programmes has been designed to speak honestly to our open-minded BBC Three viewers.

“With the channel’s strong reputation for delivering hard-hitting, critically acclaimed seasons including Crime and Punishment and Mental Health season, ‘Defying the Label’ will challenge the views of our savvy audiences whilst questioning perspectives and attitudes towards young disabled people in the UK today.”

During each of the 15 factual dramas, documentaries, game shows and current affairs features, Defying the Label explores issues surrounding disability including: sex, romance, poverty, bullying and hate crime and disability in older age.

Airing over the course of four consecutive weeks throughout July–August, the season also features: ‘Me & My New Brain’ documenting the recovery of a young woman with a brain injury while ‘Wanted: A Very Personal Assistant’ follows four disabled young adults as they are cared for by unemployed people of their own age.

Photo c/o: BBC, The Ugly Face Of Disability Hate Crime

The series has a number of programmes focused on young people as they move through the education system, including: ‘Life Begins Now’, which follows a group of college students with learning difficulties as they prepare to graduate college. ‘The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus’ focuses on life at National Star College in Gloucestershire, a further education college for people with acquired brain injuries, physical disabilities and associated learning difficulties.

For more information on programme scheduling or to catch up, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02w3q4c