Disabled Not Defeated: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities

‘Disabled not Defeated’, a film by Noisey which was first published in 2020, has been nominated in the ‘Best Short Form Programme’ category at this year’s BAFTA TV awards. Deeply moving yet warm and unexpectedly funny, this is the story of an eccentric post-punk band made up of adults with learning...

20 min - Society & Culture - VICE

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