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

Here Alice talks about her tendency to have just one friend.

Here Jane talks about the lack of education and low expectations in her school.

Here Gordon describes being pushed in a pram so that he could join in.

Here Mavis talks about being separated from the ‘ordinary children’s side of the school.

Here Clenton talks about the low expectations his teachers had for him and his classmates.

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