Film script (60 seconds version)
Disabled Enabled
| Visual | Audio |
|---|---|
| We open on an exterior of an office building. Cut to a woman
sitting at her desk. She speaks to camera. Graphic on calculator: Disabled |
Woman: I’m an accountant and I’m visually impaired. |
| Cut to her working through a pile of paper work. Graphic reads: Enabled |
So to help me my office supplies all my paperwork in large print. |
| Cut to a bricklayer wearing a hard hat and working on a building site. Sign on board: Disabled |
Man: I’m a builder and I have diabetes. |
| We cut to him pouring a cup of tea from his thermos flask. Sign reads: Enabled |
My boss lets me have a few short breaks during the day so that I can manage my blood glucose levels. |
| Cut to a woman working inside a mini market shop. Conveyor belt divider reads: Disabled |
Woman: I’m a shop assistant and I’m a wheelchair user. |
| Cut to her serving customers and chatting to them with her manager smiling
in the background. Divider reads: Enabled |
My boss lowered my cash desk so I could work comfortably. |
| Cut to a man struggling up stairs. | Man: I work in IT. My office is on the 3rd floor.
I have arthritis so these stairs can sometimes be a bit tough. All my boss needs to do is to put my desk on the ground floor. |
| Cut to the manager of the mini market as he explains how the adjustments can benefit everyone. | Manager: As employers we can all make reasonable adjustments to help our employees and customers who are disabled. |
| We cut to various scenarios of the previously featured people showing the changes that have been implemented and how they can make their working lives better. | They needn’t be expensive or time-consuming to implement. Female voiceover: Sometimes it’s the smallest changes that make the biggest difference. |
| Cut to see IT man reaching the top of the stairs, pauses and looks to camera. | Female voiceover: For a practical guide visit dwp.gov.uk/dda |
Endframe
The Disability Discrimination Act. |
