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Born to Be Different

For 20 years, Channel 4 has followed the lives of five children born with disabilities. They are now young adults tackling the reality of independence. But not everyone is coping. (S10 Ep2)

March 2020
For 20 years, Channel 4 has followed the lives of five children born with disabilities. The children are now young adults and leaving both home and their families behind. (S10 Ep1)
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Hamish has qualified for the world para-swimming championships. Zoe and Emily compare notes on relationships and boys. The families meet for the last time before the children become adults.
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William has a girlfriend, but needs expensive treatment for a tumour on his kidney. Zoe's headmistress wants her to run for head girl. Shelbie now needs repeated blood transfusions just to stay alive.
Programme one concentrates on the first year in the children's lives, when the differences between them and their peers first…
Candid documentary about six children with a variety of disabilities.
At the end of the last series Zoe had just come through pioneering surgery to transplant one of her chest muscles into her arm…
William's family are reunited after his first week at a residential school more than an hour away from home. The programme…
Zoe was born with arthrogryposis. A series of operations to her legs and arms have given her enough independence of movement for…
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