Defying the Label — Season 1, Episode 7: The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus, Episode 1

Episode synopsis

Studying, partying and dating - the everyday antics of students living away from home for the very first time. At the National Star College in Gloucestershire, the thrills and spills of college life are little different, except that all the students have complex disabilities. In this groundbreaking series of three uplifting and searingly honest programmes, we delve into the heartache of first love, the intimacy of close friendship, the inspiration of young people overcoming the odds and the high-stakes drama of life outside the college. Every September, 170 students from around the UK begin a new year of study at National Star. Many live on campus for three years and revel in the specialist teaching, state-of-the-art facilities, end-of-term balls, and more than anything, the freedom of a new life. Working with a wide range of disabilities, staff and students are devoted to a single mission: unlocking the potential in everyone and gaining the skills to get the best out of their adult lives. Through this powerful series of films we witness the resilience, energy and humour of a stand-out cast of wonderful young characters.

About Defying the Label

Explores what it's like to live with a disability in the UK today.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Don’t Take My Baby
• E2Me & My New Brain
• E3The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime
• E4Wanted: A Very Personal Assistant, Episode 1
• E5The Boy Who Wants His Leg Cut Off
• E6The World’s Worst Place to Be Disabled?
• E8Wanted: A Very Personal Assistant, Episode 2
• E9Disabled in an Instant
• E10Life Begins Now
• E11The Unbreakables: Life & Love on Disability Campus, Episode 2
• E12Epilepsy & Me
• E13Find a Home for My Brother