Emerging is a 1985 Australian TV movie about a paraplegic.
A man encounters a huge life setback, when a motorcycle accident leaves him paralysed. With the help of a hospital spinal unit and the company of a visiting actress, his future starts to looks more positive.
Bronwyn Watson in the Sydney Morning Herald's The Guide wrote "Emerging is a powerful story about the handicapped. It's about people who, through accidents, are confined to wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. Suddenly they are looked upon as sick and useless, but mentally they are alert and well. Emerging is about coming to terms with this situation." Jason Romney in the Age's Green Guide writes "Emerging cuts into the psychology of physical disability, showing the pressures that can be placed on any one of us after misfortune. It is not a glamorous program but it makes powerful and thought-provoking television." The Sun-Herald's Jaqueline Lee Lewes says "Obviously, considering the nature of the story, there are dark moments in Emerging, but there's humour, too. It is a thoughtful, gutsy and thoroughly compelling play."