DISABLED HOUSING: SPECIAL REPORT:

DISABLED HOUSING: SPECIAL REPORT:; ITN ENGLAND: Southend: INT SEQ Christine Fowles in wheelchair attempting to squeeze througn narrow corridor and doorway (20 secs) Christine Fowles interviewed SOT - There's no dignity - they just don't help - it's as though they don't really care that much LA CS Christine Fowles in wheelchair attempting to squeeze througn narrow doorway Iris Cox (Christine's mother) interviewed SOT - It's like a prison sentence - somebody has said thou shalt not have what you need to live a normal life LA MS Wheelchair stuck against ledge Greig Stuart (father of disable child) interviewed SOT - You pay national insurance and so forth - this is what people pay this for MS Wheelchair along SEQ Christine Fowles helping her children get ready to go out & watching them play in street (58 secs) Christine Fowles interviewed SOT - You tolerate the commode, the washbasin and then you think - I don't feel clean and then you sniff yourself - the weeks go, the months go and then depression sets in - it's so awful it's just humiliating SEQ Iris Cox helping daughter Christine Fowles to wash using basin of hot water (32 secs) Iris Cox (Christine's mother) interviewed SOT - It seems that if you're disabled you're a second class citizen - it doesn't matter about you EXT Christine Fowles sitting at door of house in wheelchair (2 shots) INT Frances Heywood (School of Social Policy, Bristol University) interviewed SOT - Although the housing legislation is crystal clear - anyone who hasn't got access to a bath or shower is entitled to it - no qualification Cutaway: MS Commode John Ransford (Local Government Association) interviewed SOT - Some of these adaptations in homes are incredibly complex - sometimes the architectural solutions are not suited to the needs of the individual - it's not straightforward when we're dealing with peo...