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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“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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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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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
Catalogue
- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0003803 - C0003937
Date: 1999-2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/32Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5
Date: Jan 1899 - Aug 1901Reference: WF/E/01/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Epilepsy Care: Epilepsy and health care for children. Publications
Date: 1985-1988Reference: SA/ILE/J/1/5/3Part of: Archive of the International League Against Epilepsy- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0000641 - C0000690
Date: 1997-1998Reference: WT/B/11/1/16Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive