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
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.
- Article
Acting, disableism and inclusive theatre
Deaf theatre director Jenny Sealey discusses inclusivity, community and the resilience of disabled actors.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Mental Disabilities courses
Date: 1979-1984Reference: SA/FPA/C/H/1/2/3Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
Children with disabilities in America : a historical handbook and guide / edited by Philip L. Safford and Elizabeth J. Safford.
Date: 2006- Books
Questions on our minds / [National Association for Mental Health].
Date: 1966- Books
The mentally handicapped child / Brian H. Kirman.
Kirman, Brian Herbert, 1910-Date: 1976, ©1972- Books
Young children with Down's syndrome : their development, upbringing, and effect on their families / Janet Carr.
Carr, Janet H.Date: 1975