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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Lying low for lockdown and beyond
For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.
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A walk through other people’s expectations
The steep path isn’t the only thing Caroline Butterwick has to navigate on her Lakeland hike. Always aware of other people’s expectations, she continually monitors how her disability might seem to strangers.
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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality
Intriguing photographs from sexologists’ archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.
Catalogue
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Guide to the institutions and charities for the blind in the United Kingdom.
Turner, Mansfield.Date: 1871- Books
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The Asylum for Idiots : instituted October 27, 1847.
Asylum for Idiots (Park House, Highgate, London and Essex Hall, Colchester, England)Date: MDCCCL. [1850]- Books
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Victory over blindness : how it was won by the men of St. Dunstan's and how others may win it / by Sir Arthur Pearson, bart.
Pearson, Arthur, Sir, 1866-1921.Date: [pref. 1919]- Books
Justice for Laughing Boy : Connor Sparrowhawk - a death by indifference / Sara Ryan.
Ryan, Sara (Siobhan)Date: 2017- Pictures
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World War I: St Dunstan's hostel for the blind, Regents Park, London. Watercolour by Walter Spradbery, 1919.
Spradbery, Walter Ernest, 1889-1969.Date: 1919Reference: 47353i