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

Sore Knuckles

Here Etty describes being punished with a ruler at school.

Choices

Nadia describes talks about restricted subject choices.

Bullying

Here Michelle talks about bullying throughout her school.

Bloody Nose

Here Richard talks about getting into fights at school.

You’d Need a Map

Here Elliot describes getting around his large school.

They Didn’t Want Me

Here Zara talks about her experience a middle school that didn’t want disabled children.

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