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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

Something Terrible

Here Tara describes the attitudes her mother experiences in the hospital after giving birth and the impact of those attitudes.

Visits

Here Ronald talks about visits from his dad and being given the news of his mother’s death.

Negative Self Image

Here Simone recalls her negative self image due to being segregated.

Doing Clocks

Here Debbie talks to Ursula about learning to tell the time.

Sheltering in the Church

Ron describes being led through the woods to shelter.

Rolling Back

Here Mark reflects on the futility of segregation.

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