Locked in With Friends

Dwyer, CM

Locked in With Friends

Dwyer, CM

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Publisher:: ABC Radio National
Citation:: Street Stories, 2005
Issue Date:: 2005-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Dwyer, CM	en_US
dc.date.issued	2005-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Street Stories, 2005	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12271
dc.description.abstract	Description: This feature documentary follows the story of Chris Nolan, who lives in an aged care nursing home, and the family and friends who support him. When Nolan was 28 years old he suffered a hypoxic brain injury which left him in a 'locked in' state - unable to speak, see or move, but still able to hear and understand. The program dealt with the profound effects of his injury - on him and those around him. Significance: Disability stories are often presented in one of two ways - the terrible tragedy or the triumph of the human spirit in the face of hardship. This program challenged these stereotypes by focusing more on the complexity of the main character, Chris Nolan, and his friends frank interviews about how they had dealt with their changing relationship with him. The challenge of this program was to reveal the story of Chris without interviewing him, through interviews and recorded "conversations" of his friends talking to him, as well as atmospheric sound. The program also required extensive research to enable the interviewees to speak candidly about their relationships with Chris. The program was the winner of the Human Rights Radio Award for 2005. Described by the judges "as an incredibly moving, challenging and brilliant piece of radio", the program was commended for dealing with a sensitive issue in an engaging and uplifting way. Locked In With Friends was broadcast nationally on the ABC's Radio National and triple j and rebroadcast in 2009 on Canadian radio CBC. (http://www.cbc.ca/radiosllmmer/crossingbollndaries/)	en_US
dc.publisher	ABC Radio National	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Street Stories	en_US
dc.title	Locked in With Friends	en_US
utslib.location	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1903 Journalism and Professional Writing	en_US
dc.location.activity	Australia	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.place-of-publication	Sydney, Australia	en_US

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Description: This feature documentary follows the story of Chris Nolan, who lives in an aged care nursing home, and the family and friends who support him. When Nolan was 28 years old he suffered a hypoxic brain injury which left him in a 'locked in' state - unable to speak, see or move, but still able to hear and understand. The program dealt with the profound effects of his injury - on him and those around him. Significance: Disability stories are often presented in one of two ways - the terrible tragedy or the triumph of the human spirit in the face of hardship. This program challenged these stereotypes by focusing more on the complexity of the main character, Chris Nolan, and his friends frank interviews about how they had dealt with their changing relationship with him. The challenge of this program was to reveal the story of Chris without interviewing him, through interviews and recorded "conversations" of his friends talking to him, as well as atmospheric sound. The program also required extensive research to enable the interviewees to speak candidly about their relationships with Chris. The program was the winner of the Human Rights Radio Award for 2005. Described by the judges "as an incredibly moving, challenging and brilliant piece of radio", the program was commended for dealing with a sensitive issue in an engaging and uplifting way. Locked In With Friends was broadcast nationally on the ABC's Radio National and triple j and rebroadcast in 2009 on Canadian radio CBC. (http://www.cbc.ca/radiosllmmer/crossingbollndaries/)

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