Stories
- Article
‘Jessy’, a film about cerebral palsy
How the 1950s British film industry portrayed this disease.
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Our Covid complicity
Athena Stevens thought she had a cold that she tried to ignore, but it turned out to be Covid-19. Here she reflects on how we have all put ourselves and others at risk with the choices we’ve made during this pandemic.
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Caring for our Disabled daughter in lockdown
Jane Holmes talks about the challenges of caring for her Disabled daughter while working and trying to stay safe during the pandemic.
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Living with early onset Parkinson’s
Ten years ago, three little words changed Pete Langman’s world.
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Catalogue
- Books
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Palsy of the extraocular muscles in exophthalmic goitre : with the report of a case / by William Campbell Posey.
Posey, William Campbell, 1866-1934.Date: [1904]- Books
The cerebral palsied child and his care in the home / prepared by Viola E. Cardwell.
Association for the Aid of Crippled Children.Date: 1947- Archives and manuscripts
Cerebral palsy - very miscellaneous reprints and pamphlets etc.
Date: c.1955-1957Reference: PP/GDR/B/50Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Cerebral palsy: especially notes, cuttings, etc., from Sister Joyce Macpherson [Mrs Nott] of Western Australia
Date: 1952-1958Reference: PP/GDR/B/49Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence re its incidence and treatment
Date: 1957-1958Reference: PP/GDR/B/51Part of: Dick-Read, Grantly
