Stories
- Article
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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Performing my disability
Caroline Butterwick explores the idea of disability as performative, and the pressure to act out what we think others expect.
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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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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Disabled persons
Date: 1945-1950Reference: SA/BMA/C.165-167Part of: British Medical Association- Archives and manuscripts
Disabled Persons Act: Medical interviewing committee.
Date: 1947-1951Reference: SA/BMA/C.167Part of: British Medical Association- Books
Disabled persons railcard : rail travel made easy...1/3 off rail fares for you and a friend / National Rail.
Date: 2011- Books
Disabled persons railcard : rail travel made easy... the freedom to explore... ...1/3 off for you and a friend / [ATOC Ltd.].
Date: [2008]- Books
Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1958 : 6 & 7 Eliz. 2. Ch. 33.
Great Britain.Date: 1958]
