When Bill Hargreaves was born 2 months prematurely in Australia in 1919, he weighed just 2 and a half pounds. His parents were told that, because he had cerebral palsy, he would “never walk or work or wed”.
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Disability rights, disability oral history
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Speaking for Ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
When we created the Speaking for Ourselves oral history project, one of the disabled volunteers, Ann Pridmore, asked why we were focusing on people with cerebral palsy.
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Through The Eyes of Me: writing a book for an autistic daughter
Jonathan Roberts has written a storybook about his daughter, Kya, who was diagnosed with autism. After a great reaction to his book from Kya’s family and the professionals who work with her, Jon’s book was published by Graffeg.
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Alex White writes 