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How my wheelchair changed my life

A young woman diagnosed with a disabling condition found her world shrank without the mobility aids she needed to get outside. Finally facing the stigma around using a wheelchair transformed her everyday life.

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Rejecting shame and a decade of change

Jess Thom spent years trying to ignore and suppress the tics of Tourette’s syndrome. Read what happened when she decided to celebrate them instead.

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Six personal health zines that might change your life

Personal zines put health conditions back in the hands of the people who experience them. Here are six that Wellcome Collection staff love.

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Shame and the online free-for-all

Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.

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  • A young man at the centre with three women and a black man surrounding him with the question: 'Me, AIDS?' in German and that 'AIDS affects us all' bottom; with a message below in French about how these youths have not changed their social lifestyles since talking about AIDS, they just use condoms now; an advertisement for safe sex by the Ministère de la Santé. Colour lithograph.
  • Two hands shaking with a warning about sharing needles; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A doctor inserting a needle into a patient's arm with a warning about the importance of using sterilized needles; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A man puts his arm around his colleague representing a couple affected by AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A woman carrying her HIV positive child on her back within her elaborate sari wrap; with an AIDS prevention message about caring for those who need you by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A black and white horse against a yellow background representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Population Services International. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Figures and vignettes: a man is asleep with a dog by his side, a child is being scolded by a woman, a soldier stands with a gun, etc.. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1852.
  • Figures and vignettes: above, deer, hounds, huntsmen, poachers and mounted hunters, below, soldiers in various uniforms and poses with one soldier trying to restrain a baulking horse. Coloured chalk lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. J. Adam.
  • Figures and vignettes: men are on riding on horse back, a jockey sits on the ground waving his hands and a large couple walk arm in arm. Coloured lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. Adam, 1854.
  • Figures and vignettes: above, a swineherd tending pigs and a herd of cows, below, peasants hauling a carved stone on a pushcart and sportsmen and hussars riding horses. Coloured chalk lithograph by the Becquet brothers after V. J. Adam, 1853.
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