Stories
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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child
As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.
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Ancestry, privacy and the family tree
Wanting to find out more about her Jamaican grandfather, Tanya Perdikou contemplates DNA testing. But first she has to consider the potential impact of unexpected results.
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How Indigenous insight inspires sustainable science
The forest of the Amazon Basin is inextricably bound up with the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there. Find out how they feel about the forest, use what it provides, and try to protect it from aggressive commercial exploitation.
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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
Catalogue
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Getting to know a child with Down's syndrome : information for grandparents, relatives and friends / Scottish Down's Syndrome Association.
Date: 1992- Pictures
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A young man plays a violin as an old lady dances with a child (grandchild?). Lithograph.
Reference: 34273i- Pictures
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A young woman sits on the floor at the feet of her grandmother who has been reading from the Bible on the table nearby. Colour woodcut by Edmund Evans after J.E. Millais.
Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896.Reference: 27674i- Pictures
A grandmother hands a copy of the Bible to her granddaughter. Stipple engraving by H. Meyer after H.P. Briggs.
Briggs, Henry Perronet, 1792-1844.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29056i- Pictures
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A girl kneels in front of an old lady who has a book on her lap. Etching by P.A. Rajon after G. Paul Chalmers.
Chalmers, George Paul, 1833-1878.Reference: 29070i