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

Here Richard describes being humiliated by his teacher in PE lessons.

Here Christine describes a culture of humiliation in her lessons.

Here Etty describes her apprenticeship at Holdron’s department store after school.

Here Helen talks about the importance of targeting adults.

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

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