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FRONTLINE; Who Decides Disability

06/20/1983

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Series
FRONTLINE
Program
Who Decides Disability
Program Number

121

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

Investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disability rolls. Disabled people face personal hardship and bureaucratic indifference as they take their cases to the courts and to Congress.

Duration

00:61:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Documentary
Topics
Public Affairs
News
Citation
Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Who Decides Disability,” 06/20/1983, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0CDFCC14FD6D49A1823DE1A1599E93D4.
MLA: “FRONTLINE; Who Decides Disability.” 06/20/1983. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0CDFCC14FD6D49A1823DE1A1599E93D4>.
APA: FRONTLINE; Who Decides Disability. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_0CDFCC14FD6D49A1823DE1A1599E93D4
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