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Freedom Machines

For the 54 million Americans with disabilities, modern technology offers unprecedented possibilities in the face of conflicting social policies and lingering discrimination.

Series

POV, True Stories

Premiere Date

September 14, 2004

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Breakthrough technologies have opened up unprecedented possibilities for the 54 million Americans with disabilities — even as age-old barriers of class, public policy, and deep discrimination persist. Freedom Machines explores the invention and impact of these astonishing new tools, showing how people with disabilities are transforming their lives even as they wrestle with the demons of outmoded policies and attitudes.