Stories
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Thalidomide babies
In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.
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Thalidomide, a bitter pill
Hear from some of the women who took the drug thalidomide over sixty years ago about the fear, isolation and grief that they experienced as the appalling pharmaceutical scandal unfolded around them.
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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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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
- Videos
Travelling forward : the thalidomide society.
Date: 1997- Archives and manuscripts
Thalidomide Society Christmas cards
Date: c.1995-c.2005Reference: SA/TSY/C/4Part of: The Thalidomide Society- Archives and manuscripts
Thalidomide Society fundraising information, 2006-2007
Date: 2006 - 2007Reference: SA/TSY/C/18Part of: The Thalidomide Society- Archives and manuscripts
Thalidomide Society fundraising information, 2003-2004
Date: 2003 - 2004Reference: SA/TSY/C/17Part of: The Thalidomide Society- Archives and manuscripts
Newsletters of the Thalidomide Society
Date: 1963-1989Reference: SA/TSY/D/1/1Part of: The Thalidomide Society