People and Culture

Ellie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism?

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People and Culture

Ellie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism?


Ellie Simmonds has been on a journey to explore a controversial new drug for children with achondroplasia - a form of dwarfism.

This fascinating personal documentary that sees British Paralympian Ellie Simmonds travel around the UK and the US to examine a new drug that promises to increase the growth rate in children born with Achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism.

In this a powerful and timely film for BBC One, Ellie reflects and draws on her own experiences to ask wider questions about the relationship between science, diversity and disability.

If cutting edge medicine can stop a disability in its tracks, should we use it?

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Programme Details

DURATION
1 x 60'
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
bbc
AVAILABLE IN
HD
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English