The Intellectually Handicapped
Karen, of Hamilton, who Is almost four years of age and is still unable to walk, Stars in the film “A Future for Karen” which has been produced by an Auckland film company for the Intellectually Handicapped Children’s Society, to give interested people and the public generally an insight into the problems of the intellectually handicapped and their families and the Services that are being provided for them. The film will be screened on television from Wellington and Christchurch on Wednesday, March 4—from
Wellington at. 6.36 p.m. and from Christchurch at 6.37 p.m.
Karen is one of almost 10,000 intellectually handicapped people in New Zealand, and this documentary film in which she stars examines the past, present and future of these people. The camera team spent two weeks filming’ at the I.H.C. centre in Hamilton and interviewing mothers, social workers and other people closely concerned with the problemThe film runs for 20 minutes.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700226.2.16.9
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32232, 26 February 1970, Page 3
Word Count
156The Intellectually Handicapped Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32232, 26 February 1970, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in