Review: 'Find a home for my brother'

Hi guys , it has definitely been awhile. Blogging is very new to me , and it is so easy to lose focus and not post all the weird and wonderful things that come to our brains.

But anyways , this blog post is going to be a review about Amal Fashanu's documentary that screened on Wednesday 11th August 2015. The documentary was exploring provisions for young people and adults for in the UK and in Ghana.  Amal's brother Amir has a learning disability which effects his ability to communicate and proposes challenging behaviour, he is now 18 so the transition to adult services have arrived , but he is no longer in an appropriate setting. If you didn't catch this , here is the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b065g51h

Right so here is my two pence;

I would firstly like to thank BBC Three for having these documentaries to create awareness for disabled people and the issues they face . However , this documentary kept me on my toes and I was pretty much angry for the whole of the programme. This was mainly due to Amal's lack of education and ignorance around young people and adults with learning disabilities. The terminology she used was degrading and not once in the filming did she think to ask what Amir wanted.

She kept using words like 'normal' or he doesn't have a voice , or he won't have friends and lead a normal life.  Amal please do your research before you make a documentary. Disabled people have a voice ! It is just different to yours and you need to find ways to approach this.

Secondly , You visited Ghana and your brother may move to the Ivory Coast. Where is the logic? . Provisions are not the same , treatment is not the same, its a different country. You can't judge the conditions of one country in another.

Also, considering your father's income , a provision should be provided. Why would you wait till he is 18 to make such big decisions. Sorry , but the state did not fail Amir. I know a lot of care and support for disabled people have been cut , and this is no fault of them. But there are other things that could of been done ,contact a charity that helps young people with disabilities to explore the options. And finally , where is his social worker???

There is  a whole heap I wanted to post , but it will be crossing the line of rudeness . That is not what this blogpost is about.

Anyways, this is my opinion and I'm outty :)