Identity

Attitudes

Do What Feels Natural

Here Clenton talks about how attitudes he encountered at school affected his own behaviour and identity.

Don’t Bother

Here Zara recalls the negative attitude of her English teacher.

Grandma’s Attitude

Here Tara describes the shocking attitude of her grandmother.

Something Terrible

Here Tara describes the attitudes her mother experiences in the hospital after giving birth and the impact of those attitudes.

Quicker Brains

Here Simone describes the attitude of the educational psychologist who reviewed her special school placement.

Labels

Here Raymond describes changing attitudes towards people with learning difficulties.

Scrounger

Here Roger talks about public attitudes towards disabled people.

Losing Confidence

Here Angela describes the impact of public attitudes towards her when she went out in groups from school.

None So Deaf

Here Christine describes attitudes within her family about her deafness as she grew up and became an adult.

Raw Carrots

Here Mark recalls a member of the public giving his dad some unusual advice.

Racist Views

Here Michelle recalls racist attitudes among the staff of her school.

Prejudice

Here Ian talks about public perceptions of people with learning difficulties.

They Didn’t Believe Me

Here Isobel describes the attitudes of adults in her life.

Identity

Having Allies

Here Maresa talks about the importance to young people of adults who believe in you.

Everything Changed

Here Samantha describes how she felt when she discovered she was HIV positive.

Drama

Here Joanne talks about returning to school as a disabled child

Trying to Fit In

Here Haq describes the public school culture at his school.

Shame

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

A Fantasy World

Here Belinda describes how she coped with the loss of her family.

Imaginary School

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

Negative Self Image

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

Feeling a Failure

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

Super Achiever

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

Pray for Me

Here Christine recalls an experience at school assembly.

Learnt Behaviour

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

Where Are the Adults?

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

Role Models

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

A Massive Role

Here Clenton describes the impact of education on how we see ourselves.

Hating Myself

Here Angela describes how she was treated as a young black disabled person in her school and the impact that had on her identity.

My Identity

Here Miro talks about what identity means to him.

Strive to be Normal

Here Alice describes how she identified herself as a young person.

Green as Grass

Here Ray describes her sheltered childhood.

Resistance

Tinsel

Here Micheline gives an example of her individualism.

Personal Assassination

Here Zara describes refusing to go to ‘statementing’ meetings.

Glass Ceilings

Here David describes defying the medical professions expectations of him.

Bloody Minded

Here Jane describes how her attitude has helped her to survive.

No Angel

Here Jamie describes making a decision not to be seen as a ‘little angel’.

Mark Twain

Here Clenton describes resisting the school culture’s impact upon him.

Hitting the Wicket

Here Philip describes getting out of playing cricket.

Stand in the Corner

Here Elliot describes resisting punishment when he didn’t know what he was supposed to have done.

Us and Them

Here David describes the challenge of getting away with things.

Lights Out

Here Alice recalls the benefits of being ‘homesick’.

Bunking Off

Here Lynda describes not going to school because she knew she wouldn’t get help.

Mind and body

Here Ann talks about how she coped with prejudice as a young disabled child.

Enid Blyton

Here Anthea recalls getting her English Literature teacher changed.