Stories
- Article
Thalidomide babies
In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.
- Article
Thalidomide, a bitter pill
Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.
- Article
Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century
As thalidomide survivors enter their 60s, they look back on their lives and the legacy of the thalidomide catastrophe.
- Article
Adapting to life as a thalidomide survivor
Growing up as a thalidomide survivor meant coping with all the usual challenges of childhood and adolescence, while having to fit into a world designed for the able-bodied.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Thalidomide Action Group (Thalidomide UK)
Date: 1999-2000Reference: SA/TSY/E/5Part of: The Thalidomide Society- Archives and manuscripts
Thalidomide press archive
Date: 1962-2002Reference: SA/TSY/G/1Part of: The Thalidomide Society- Audio
Thalidomide the consequences 40 years on. Tape 2.
Date: 2001- Audio
Thalidomide the consequences 40 years on. Tape 1.
Date: 2001- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Thalidomide victims v Distillers
Date: Nov 1967-1969Reference: PP/RJH/H.5/1Part of: Hetherington, Robert J