Connect TV: Training People with Disabilities for Careers in Television

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ConnectTV is a unique project that trains people with disabilities in television production skills, while also giving them the opportunity to produce their own short documentaries and television programs, and connecting them with others living with disabilities.

ConnectTV is a project of DCTV, a community media arts organization that offers courses in production and access to professional-grade equipment to the community. Unlike what many people think of when they think of public access television, DCTV produces high-quality work that draws a large audience. In fact, programming produced there is seen by over 100 million people a year and has won more awards than any other similar organization. This includes 15 Emmy Awards and a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Many of the segments produced by ConnectTV are available online and cover a range of unique topics of interest to people with disabilities including a two-part piece on therapeutic horseback riding for people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.

Other programs of interest include a look at individuals who have only recently had to deal with living with a disability, a view of the journey of three teens with disabilities as they finish high school, and a segment on a homeless woman who is also a successful professional artist and her struggles with her mental disability. Other upcoming pieces from ConnectTV include a segment on Alabama's ABILITY House and a look at New York City Mayor's Office program for mentoring workers with disabilities.