That disabled girl called Alison..

[Danny]

Back in eighties there was this girl who had some kind of birth defect , she ended up marrying a vicar on some documentary about her, this gave her the old fifteen minutes of fame and she had a few months as a host on saturday morning telly.
I remember her having trouble keeping her head still while she asked Jason Donovan about his newly launched singing career as he'd just left Neighbours

I know she was called Alison but that's the total of my recollections, anyone else remember her ?

[sarcymarky]

Re: That disabled girl called Alison..

Hi Danny,

I remember watching this as well. She was called Alison French and she first appeared on 40 Minutes in 1988.

", Alison: The original 1988 documentary film about Alison French, a young woman with cerebral palsy, is followed by an update showing what happened to her next."

Timewatch did a follow up in the 90's:

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/581442?view=synopsis


Cheers,

Mark

[Danny]

Re: That disabled girl called Alison..

Cheers for this my friend,

had started convincing myself I lived in a parallel universe with different channels to everyone else

Wonder how she's getting on nowadays ? - - -as I recall she had very outspoken views on sex and morality so that's prob why she ended up as the vicars wife

[jessi]

Re: That disabled girl called Alison..

Alison is now called Ally John, and she's still working tirelessly on behalf of the disabled at Alison John & associates.

Here is a link to her website

About Us - Biographies of Alison John Associates

[Danny]

Re: That disabled girl called Alison..

Hi there

cheers for update , I thought she had just walked off into obscurity