How Was School?

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About the project, about oral history, further links

Explore the history of disabled people and education through time

Schools packs, worksheets and external links

Hear our voices

A random selection of stories from the site

Here Christine remembers working in an office environment without accessible equipment.

Here Christine talks about what helped and what would have helped at school.

Here Isobel describes the children’s acceptance of her condition.

Here Jane talks about boredom leading to being ‘naughty’.

Here Ronald talks about playing cricket.

Here Miro talks about how he values his parents’ differing approaches.

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