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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Acting, disableism and inclusive theatre
Deaf theatre director Jenny Sealey discusses inclusivity, community and the resilience of disabled actors.
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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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Words of hope and anger
Author and spoken word poet Penny Pepper remembers her childhood dreams, and speaks out against the barriers society uses to prevent disabled people from fulfilling their potential.
Catalogue
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The conquest of deafness : a history of the long struggle to make possible normal living to those handicapped by lack of normal hearing / [Ruth E. Bender].
Bender, Ruth E.Date: [1960], ©1960
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Observations on the education of the deaf and dumb.
Date: 1834
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A discourse, delivered at the dedication of the American Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons : May 22d, 1821 / by Thomas H. Gallaudet.
Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851.Date: 1821- Books
A handbook of readings in education of the deaf and postschool implications / edited by Irving S. Fusfeld.
Date: [1967]
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An address delivered in the Capitol, in Washington City, February 16th, 1828, at an exhibition of three of the pupils of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb / by Lewis Weld.
Weld, Lewis, 1796-1853.Date: 1828
