Frontline · SEASON 1
Who Decides Disability?
Episode 21 · 1983-06-20

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Frontline investigates the Reagan administration's effort to remove tens of thousands of people from the Social Security disability rolls. Disabled people face personal hardship and bureaucratic indifference as they take their cases to the courts and to Congress.
Season 1 episodes
1. An Unauthorized History of the NFL1983-01-17
2. 88 Seconds in Greensboro1983-01-24
3. In the Shadow of the Capitol1983-01-31
4. A Chinese Affair1983-02-07
5. God's Banker1983-02-14
6. Pentagon, Inc.1983-02-21
7. Gunfight USA1983-02-28
8. Children of Pride1983-03-07
9. A Journey to Russia1983-03-21
10. Daisy - Story of a Facelift1983-03-28
11. Space - The Race for High Ground1983-04-11
12. Abortion Clinic1983-04-18
13. Crisis in Zimbabwe1983-04-25
14. Air Crash1983-05-02
15. Looking for Mao1983-05-09
16. Israel: Between the River and the Sea1983-05-16
17. In Our Water1983-05-23
18. Vietnam Memorial1983-05-30
19. For the Good of All1983-06-06
20. The Russians are Here1983-06-13
21. Who Decides Disability?1983-06-20
22. Crossfire in El Salvador1983-06-27
23. Sanctuary1983-07-04
24. Moneylenders1983-07-11
25. Klaus Barbie: the American Connection1983-07-18