Thursday 29 March 2007

Can You Hear Us? is launched

After many years of production,
we launched our new DVD “Can
You Hear Us?”

This DVD is a unique new film made by people with
learning disabilities to challenge discrimination

“Can You Hear Us?” is a collection of dramatic stories
drawing on the real life experiences of the people who made
the film, ranging from getting engaged to moving into a new
home to dealing with the police. The DVD is available to
anyone interested in seeing life from a different perspective,
and is also an excellent training resource for organisations or
individuals working with people with learning disabilities.

“Can You Hear Us?” was made by by UR First, a group of
people supported by United Response. The group was set up
to support people to speak out for themselves. They came up
with the concept of the film, wrote the scripts and acted in
the different stories.

A major motive was the fact that when they had grown up
themselves they hadn’t seen films like this, only ones made by staff or actors.

You can buy it from our website: http://www.unitedresponse.org.uk/

More soon..