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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
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Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
![A red apple forming the the tip of a penis with a quote from Albert Camus: 'La felicidad es generosa ... no vive de destrucción' [Happiness is ... generous destruction of lives] and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; one of a series of anti-AIDS posters produced by Artis entitled 'Imágenes contra el SIDA' [Images against AIDS]. Colour lithograph by Santiago Pol, 1994.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0054002/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
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People looking at sections of the AIDS memorial quilt in a park. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672188i
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Recto: the AIDS red ribbon within a white outline with a message in French: "Emergency. This is not because things are difficult that we dare not [it is] because we do not dare that they are difficult"; verso: the same outline shape in blue with details of the CRIPS team with a message: 'best wishes for 1995'; advertisement by CRIPS [Centre Régional d'Information et de Prévention du SIDA Nord - Pas-de-Calais]. Colour lithograph by Les Graphistes Associes.
Date: 1995Reference: 672453i
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A list of AIDS prevention services provided by CRIPS, the Centre Régional d'Information et de Prévention du SIDA Nord - Pas-de-Calais. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672432i
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A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672626i
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A red and white criss-crossed painting by M.A. Plumelle with the words 'Lutte contre le SIDA - echange - partage - accueil - ecoute - information - soutien' repeated in blue lettering at the top; advertisement for AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672578i