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

School at Sixteen Months

Here Tara talks about the decision to send her away to school aged just sixteen months.

Learnt Behaviour

Here Sue describes the impact of school culture on her self-image.

Classmates

Here Miro talks about being helped by his classmates.

Maternal Deprivation

Here Richard talks about being in hospital as a young child.

Changing Expectations

Here Miro describes the difference he notices in the expectations of young disabled people now.

English

Here Mark talks about a memorable English teacher

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