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

Sheltering in the Church

Ron describes being led through the woods to shelter.

Lost

Here Clenton describes how he wasn’t allowed to take exams.

Parallel Lives

Here Micheline describes how her own experience influenced her decisions as a parent.

One Day a Week

Here Maresa talks about attending mainstream primary school, one day a week.

Going on the Trams

Here Etty describes going on the trams with her brothers.

Put Down

Here John describes the low aspirations people had of him throughout his life.

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