Life After School

Career Options

Do Radio

Here Joanne talks about her careers advice at school.

What Next?

Here Mark talks about the expectations of him and his peers

Flat Feet

Here Clenton talks about his expectations of life after school.

Some Sort of Job

Here Alice talks about the careers support she received at school.

Milk Bottle Tops

Here John describes the career options suggested by his Head teacher.

Continuing Education

Discovering the Social Model

Here Deborah describes the impact of returning to study in later life via the Open University.

Asking Questions

Here Tara talks about starting her degree.

Sociology

Here Simone talks about her first studies after leaving school.

Wanting Status

Here Jane describes her motivations for going to University.

Handsworth College

Here Clenton describes going onto further education.

Living Quarters

Here Helen describes visiting potential universities to continue her studies.

Butter Bread

Here Michelle describes the impact of leaving school with no formal qualifications.

You Can’t be a Teacher

Here Christine describes studying and being told she couldn’t be a teacher because she was deaf.

Impact on Adult Life

Basic Grammar

Here Richard describes the impact on his life of missing out on basic learning.

Wanting to Cry

Here Jamie describes the impact of his school environment upon his adult life.

Being Reborn

Here Sue describes the legacy of her residential schooling on her life afterwards.

Catch Up

Here Mark describes having to ‘self knowledge’ himself.

Not Good Enough

Here Alice describes the lasting impact of her education.

A Waste of Time

Here Mark describes the impact of his schooling on his later life.

The Lightbulb Moment

Here Tara describes her first introduction to the Social Model of Disability in her adult life.

I Knew Nothing About Life

Here Ronald describes the lasting impact of school on life afterwards.

Covering Up

Here Deborah describes keeping her past and herself secret after school.

Depression

Here Angela describes the impact of her relationship with her family after school.

Leaving School

Holdron’s

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

Alarm Clock

Here Deborah describes getting used to the world after school.

Fishing with Dad

Here Jack talks to Belinda about leaving school.

Residential or Day Centre

Here Michelle talks about the choices she was given on leaving school

A Miserable Time

Here Ron talks about the advice he was given when he left school.

Opposite

Here Angela describes how she defied the low expectations that were placed on her.

Painfully Shy

Here Micheline describes her struggle to join the world outside of school.

Culture Shock

Here Philip recalls the difficulty of entering the ‘hearing world’ after school.

I Didn’t Speak

Here Tara describes her first experience of mainstream schooling after leaving school.