Cerrie Burnell uncovers the shocking story of how disabled people in Britain were shut out of society for decades – and how they fought back.

Cerrie Burnell uncovers the shocking story of how disabled people in Britain were shut out of society for decades u2013 and how they fought back.

Review of Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain

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You relive the sadness with her when she talks about how a doctor told her at six years old that ‘the other children might not like it, or you might have any friends’

Cerrie Burnell uncovers the untold story of how disabled people in Britain were shut out of society for decades – and how they fought back.

BBC documentary Silenced: The Hidden Story of Disabled Britain uncovers how disabled people were shut out of society for decades