A new shared house opens up fresh horizons for Angela, John and their friends.

This video was made for Rhymney Valley Social Services. As its opening credits state, 'this film is about people striving for independence and achieving it, each in their own way.' Four young adults with learning disabilities agree to be filmed in the summer of 1985 as they prepare to move from 'Tair Erw', their hostel accommodation in Ystrad Mynach, to a shared house a couple of miles away in Maesycwmmer. Helping them in this process are their social worker, David, and Joan, who will support them in their new home.

We see the young people (Angela, John, Jennifer and Howard) out shopping for food, preparing a meal and discussing their imminent move - what it will be like and what they will do there. The discuss what will need doing - including painting and decorating. In another part of the film, married couple Christine and Alan share their experiences of meeting, courting and marrying as people with disabilities; they also reflect on the dynamics of the marriage (who does what and how they support each other), and the external support they are given. Christine's mum is also interviewed, and shares her wise and caring views on the importance of this relationship to her daughter.

Another couple, Helen and Alex, met on holiday in Porthcawl; they don't live together yet, but talk very wisely and engagingly of their plans for a joint future. They plan to cook meals, have family over, and garden. They acknowledge that they will need some help, perhaps in the form of a weekly visit from a support provider 'to see how we're managing', but Helen firmly believes that people with disabilities can achieve lots of things, given the right support.