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About Women - Disabled Living Foundation
Take a look at the creative inventions offered at the Disabled Living Foundation, that provide much needed solutions for independent living.
Magazine and Review show 1973 7 mins Not rated
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Overview
Anglia TV's Ellis Hill demonstrates some of the solutions for independent living offered by the Disabled Living Foundation (DLF). The DLF was one of the first organisations to recognise the multiple problems disabled people experience on a daily basis. At the Equipment Demonstration Centre Ellis Hill tests out a variety of equipment, including a stand-you-up bed, a bench for bathing, and an appliance for pulling up stockings.
Genres
Magazine and Review show
Certificate
Not rated
Released
1973
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Kensington
Language
English
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