Access for All is a four-part series, which looks at some of the issues facing the disabled community in Dublin. Each episode looks at a particular issue from the viewpoint of people with disabilities.

The series participants speak candidly about their experiences in the areas of: Education; Family; Media and Disability; Sexuality and Relationships. The aim of the series is to facilitate individuals and the wider disabled community to become more visible and to present their own experiences and views on the issues that matter most to them.

The people involved in the series provide thought-provoking and challenging stories about how they live work and define themselves.

‘This is a series about everyday people; not heroes or warriors, just regular people trying to access a regular life. And they want to share their stories with you because sometimes just fitting in and getting by takes all you’ve got.’

On the launch of this major piece of observational documentary, we took the iniative to add a new section to our site that weaves together our programming strands on disability issues. We’ve hours of content and it’ll take us some time to get it all online, but keep checking back for more.

We are interested in organising screenings and discussions about this project.  If you want to organise one with us, then get in touch.

Access For All premiered as part of our Fresh Block during January 2010 on DCTV.  It had its real world launch on November 9th 2009 in conjunction with the Disability Focus Group who are part of the Community Forum and work for the rights of the disabled community in Dublin .

Access for All has been uploaded to our Vimeo account for online viewing.