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Basket Weaving

Here Sue remembers her Basket Weaving lessons.

A Cold Culture

Here Sue recalls a harsh environment at school.

Role Models

Here Paul describes the importance of having and being role models for Deaf young people.

Where Are the Adults?

Here Zara describes her childhood expectation to grow up and be non-disabled.

Learnt Behaviour

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

Pray for Me

Here Christine recalls an experience at school assembly.

Super Achiever

Here Richard talks about his sense of identity as a young child.

Feeling a Failure

Here Deborah talks about her sense of failure as a child.

Negative Self Image

Here Simone recalls her negative self image due to being segregated.

Imaginary School

Here Jane recalls creating a false identity for her local friends.

Shame

Here Ron describes his sense of self-identity as a young person.

Being ‘Objectionable’

Here Richard describes his self-esteem issues as a young person.

Tea Dance

Here Phillip describes growing up in a single-sex environment.

Drag a Bag

Here Lynda describes her friendship with her best friend Sandra.

Control

Here Simone describes a culture of control.

Bunked Away

Here Etty describes avoiding going to school.

Whack!

Here Jack describes a classmate being given the cane.

Slap on the Back

Here Lynda describes being slapped on the back in her music lessons.

The Slipper

Here Jamie describes being punished by being hit with various objects at school.

Limited Teaching

Here Paul describes finding a higher standard of teaching when visiting the mainstream school.

Low Assumptions

Here Jamie describes attitudes about achievement within his school.

Basic Lessons

Here Lynda remembers her time spent in hospital

Not Coming Home

Here Phillip describes the sadness he felt when he started boarding school.

Independence

Jamie describes his journey to school.

Mrs Elliot

Here Elliot describes being treated badly by one teacher.

Out of Bed

Here Phillip describes being got out of bed by the Deputy Head in the mornings.

Copying from the Blackboard

Here Elliot describes struggling to keep up with the teacher.

Having to Lipread

Here Philip describes the difficulty of having to lipread in lessons.

An Oral Education

Here Philip talks about having an ‘oral’ education and the equipment he had to use in school.

Curry by Post

Here Haq talks about receiving food from home.