Stories
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Disability, education and prejudice
In the 1960s and 1970s, thalidomide survivors had to fight for a proper education. If they weren’t brought up in institutions, they were often viewed as objects of curiosity, encountering verbal and sometimes physical abuse, both at school and in the world beyond.
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Disability in the post-pandemic world
Disabled people have suffered more than most during Covid-19, but there is still a chance to build a kinder society. Dolly Sen explores whether we will come together, or allow more brutal disparities to develop in the worsening recession.
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“People see the disability but forget the ability”
I’m a disabled Asian woman, and mother of four. I’m trying to show people that we have to talk about disability if we want things to change.
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Caring for our Disabled daughter in lockdown
Jane Holmes talks about the challenges of caring for her Disabled daughter while working and trying to stay safe during the pandemic.
Catalogue
- Books
Children with disabilities in America : a historical handbook and guide / edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford.
Date: 2006- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Sex education for people with disabilities - mental/physical
Date: 1966 - 2001Reference: SA/FPA/C/E/16/6/11Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
Raising generation Rx : mothering kids with invisible disabilities in an age of inequality / Linda M. Blum.
Blum, Linda M.Date: [2015]- Books
Helping children who are blind : family and community support for children with vision problems / written by Sandy Niemann and Namita Jacob ; illustrated by Heidi Broner.
Niemann, Sandy.Date: [2000], ©2000- Books
Thinking differently : an inspiring guide for parents of children with learning disabilities / David Flink.
Flink, DavidDate: [2014]