Themes

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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

An Invisible Disability

Here Isobel talks about how her ME was misunderstood at school.

Having to Lipread

Here Philip describes the difficulty of having to lipread in lessons.

Taking Exams

Here Maresa talks about taking exams in school.

Manhandled Up the Mountain

Here David describes taking part in a school trip to the Lake District.

Mr Hebden

Here Clenton describes a teacher at his school.

Scholarship

Here Micheline talks about being denied her place at the local grammar school.

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