Programme 1: Baby love
Reaction to Baby love
The programme covers some controversial territory. Discover our panel's responses.
Learning zone
Less than half of teachers get initial teacher training to work with pupils with special educational needs. How does that affect education, education, education?
Perfectly able
Disability shouldn’t prevent people from being parents - although the attitudes of wider society and lack of support increases challenges when combining disability and parenting.
Born too soon?
For premature babies, their family's background can mean the difference between life and death. Discover the effects of health inequality on those born too soon.
Tim and Linda Drummond’s baby, Isobel, was born with Congenital Central Hypoventilation syndrome, and spent the first year of her life in hospital.
The programme joins the family as Isobel leaves hospital for the first time and arrives to join her two sisters at the family home.
Matthew and Catherine, in Darlington are young…and coping brilliantly with the challenges of having a baby with spina bifida.
They knew ahead of her birth that Eve had the condition and decided not to opt for a termination. They speak eloquently and movingly about the choices they made.
Caroline and her husband Robert made a different choice when they were confronted with news that their unborn child had Down syndrome. Caroline speaks with clarity and empathy about the reasons behind her decision to terminate the pregnancy.
In programme three, Love is in the air, we see Elly, a young woman with Down syndrome, preparing for her wedding.
Behind the stories
1,916 children were aborted in 2005 as a consequence of pre-natal assessment. Down syndrome was the most common assessment, accounting for 429 of these cases.
There are currently around 150 registered Portage services, providing educational support for 4,500 pre-school children in the UK.
The government provides an Early Support Family Pack to families of a child born with an impairment, to help them get the best out of services.
Content last updated: 09/11/2006
