Themes

Explore stories by theme

About

About the project, about oral history, further links

Timeline

Explore the history of disabled people and education through time

Resources

Schools packs, worksheets and external links

Hear our voices

A random selection of stories from the site

Lord of the Flies

Here Haq describes a ‘top dog’ culture at his school.

I Didn’t Speak

Here Tara describes her first experience of mainstream schooling after leaving school.

Put Down

Here John describes the low aspirations people had of him throughout his life.

Labels

Here Raymond describes changing attitudes towards people with learning difficulties.

Feeling Different

Here David describes beginning to feel different at school

Quicker Brains

Here Simone describes the attitude of the educational psychologist who reviewed her special school placement.

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