Three young people give a heart-warming example to us all in their fight for independence. Alison is 17 and in her last year at college. Born spastic, she can run now, and she speaks with halting eloquence. But how will Alison cope when she leaves the shelter of family and friends? Billy, who is 19, will never leave his wheelchair. Born with spinal atrophy, his body is almost powerless. Yet he hitch-hikes around Britain, writes his own songs and has now embarked on an autobiography. He lives in a radically designed home for the disabled and dreams of the day when he'll have a place of his own. Steve, a 29-year-old barrister, soon to marry, runs his home from a wheelchair. Severely spastic, he is helped day and night by Community Service Volunteers, who work in shifts. Now he is working to bring his own kind of independence to other disabled people.