Stories
- In pictures
Challenging stereotypes of people with learning disabilities
Explore the voices and photographs of people with and without learning disabilities who have worked with creative arts company Heart n Soul over the last 30 years.
- Article
“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.
- Article
Performing my disability
Caroline Butterwick explores the idea of disability as performative, and the pressure to act out what we think others expect.
- 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.
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
- Online
Papers for conference on sexual abuse and people with mental disabilities
Date: 1987 - 1988Reference: SA/FPA/C/D/10/7Part of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Papers on tutor training for mental disabilities
Date: 1987 - 1990Reference: SA/FPA/C/D/10/11Part of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Miscellaneous reports
Date: 1977 - 1987Reference: SA/FPA/C/D/10/12Part of: Family Planning Association- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Applications for NHS funding for training courses in the area of mental handicap
Date: 1985 - 1986Reference: SA/FPA/C/D/10/6Part of: Family Planning Association
