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Families fighting for justice
In 1962 a group of parents whose children had been affected by thalidomide began a decades-long battle in the law courts, the media and Parliament in order to win fair justice for all thalidomide survivors.
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The side effects of lithium mining
Laura Grace Simpkins attempts to untangle some uncomfortable truths about the social and environmental costs of making her medication.
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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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The 200-year search for normal people
Sarah Chaney poses the question we’ve likely all asked at some point in our lives: 'Am I normal?’, and explores whether normality even exists.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Letter from the Association of Scientific Workers to Mrs Haldane
Date: 5 Feb 1947Reference: HALDANE/4/6/2/4Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
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Letters between the Association of Scientific Workers and J B S Haldane's Secretary
Date: 5 Feb 1947Reference: HALDANE/4/6/2/5Part of: Haldane Papers- Books
Rehabilitating the disabled worker : a platform for action / report of the National Institute on Rehabilitation and Workmen's Compensation ; Monroe Berkowitz, editor ; conducted by the National Institutes on Rehabilitation and Health Services [and others].
National Institute on Rehabilitation and Workmen's Compensation (1962 : University of Michigan)Date: 1963- Books
Report by the Departmental committee on certain questions arising under the Workmen's Compensation Acts.
Date: 1938- Books
Accidents at work : compensation for all / Bruce Douglas-Mann, Peter Weitzman, Tony Casson.
Date: 1974