Stories
- Article
What happy endings teach us in childhood
Kate Wilkinson explores why, in quest fiction, good must triumph over evil, and what that means both for childhood dreams and adult realities.
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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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Surviving a flesh-eating disease
Nearly dying from a skin infection gave Scott Neill a chance to start again after an early life marked by grief and depression.
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WhatsApp aunties and the spread of fake news
The advantages of WhatApp chat groups – especially as a cost-free way of keeping in touch with family around the world – make them fertile ground for the spread of bogus medical advice. Writer Rianna Walcott explores how to encourage ‘aunties’ in the community to question the truth of unattributed health hoaxes.
Catalogue
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Early Childhood and Neuroscience - Links to Development and Learning edited by Leslie Haley Wasserman, Debby Zambo.
Date: 2013- Pictures
The words 'If only' with a list of ideals including '[if] plump were in - no more diets (or guilt for cheating)' and 'condoms were glued to the skin'; advertisement for the HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign for Young Adults. Colour lithograph by Jackie Bagley.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 668282i- Books
Smoking among young adults / M. Murray [and others].
Date: [1988], ©1988- Books
No chance, get lucky : your guide to being footloose and smokefree / Smokefree.
Date: 2007- Pictures
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Three young men smoke and read in their room. Engraving, mid 19th century.
Reference: 24863i