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A wheelchair in the world

Five years ago, Jan Grue, author of ‘I Live a Life Like Yours’, became a father. A wheelchair user since age eight, Grue explores how parenthood helped him reimagine his relationship with his wheelchair.

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How my wheelchair changed my life

A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.

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Disabled musicians and the fight to perform

Music might be the universal language, but unfortunately it doesn’t come with universal access. London-based artist Miss Jacqui discusses the barriers to her career with Jamie Hale.

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“Disability is never an individual diagnosis”

As a 35-year-old man, I am sure that my fear of getting old is not uncommon. But for me, that fear goes deeper. I have spina bifida.

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  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: visitors in hired wheelchairs, touring the fair pushed by guides. Photograph, 1904.
  • St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: boy patients in wheelchairs and on crutches, laughing. Photograph, c. 1935.
  • Hordes of infirm people with crutches and wheelchairs making their way down the hill to Bath from the Royal Crescent. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson.
  • Hordes of infirm people with crutches and wheelchairs making their way down the hill to Bath from the Royal Crescent. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson.
  • A physically disabled boy sitting in a wheelchair. Photograph, ca. 1910/1925.
  • A physically disabled boy sitting in a wheelchair. Photograph, ca. 1910/1925.
  • A physically disabled boy sitting in a wheelchair. Photograph, ca. 1910/1925.
  • A physically disabled boy sitting in a wheelchair. Photograph, ca. 1910/1925.
  • [Red cross nurse tending to a recovering soldier (?) in a wheelchair].
  • [Red cross nurse tending to a recovering soldier (?) in a wheelchair].
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