Survey results: deaf and disabled people in the cultural sector,
Curating for Change: deaf and disabled people leading in museums,
‘I was always rebelling against the system’,
BSL introduction to the stories of Deaf people told by the History of Place project,
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In this, the first in a short series of case studies, we look at a cross-section of residents of Normansfield Hospital, hoping to shed light on both the successes and shortcomings of this groundbreaking institution.
The team in Liverpool receive visual impairment awareness training at St Vincent’s School.
How the School for the Blind’s landmark building fell into disrepair and has found a new use but contains echoes of the past.
Nina describes how decisions made at a conference in Milan in 1880 may have harmed the education of deaf children for a century, and describes her own experience of becoming deaf and beginning to learn BSL.
Merging past and future, fact and fiction with the help of a drama chap with an interesting suitcase, pupils at St Vincent’s are making a digital game based on the life of Edward Rushton.
Ben looks at the man behind the institution that led the way in caring for learning disabled people in Victorian Britain, and finds that many of his ideas continue to have relevance in today’s society.
Nathan shares the results of his exhaustive study of the residents of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury.
Is the idea of ‘progress’ real? Academic Miro Griffiths chooses some favourite stories from our history, and asks how much has changed.
Maxine looks at the notes of another resident of Chiswick House, and finds a troubled woman gradually retreating into a world of make believe.
