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A random selection of stories from the site

Here Ajay describes his frustration with the education system leading him to seek employment after school.

Here Ron talks about the advice he was given when he left school.

Here Christine talks about being taken to school for the first time.

Here Tara describes the medical interventions and examinations she had to endure at school.

Here Mark describes the impact of his schooling on his later life.

Here Michelle describes the impact of being split into small impairment specific groups, in what was already a small school.

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