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When the walls come down: Telling the history of learning disability Dorothy Atkinson and Mabel Cooper June 2008. History can be told from. records of the time accounts of the long-stay institutions lives of ‘great men’ and ‘great women’ life stories of people with learning difficulties.
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When the walls come down:Telling the history of learning disabilityDorothy Atkinson andMabel CooperJune 2008
History can be told from • records of the time • accounts of the long-stay institutions • lives of ‘great men’ and ‘great women’ • life stories of people with learning difficulties
Working together to tell history means • crossing boundaries • working together • finding out • letting people know
Records can shock! Be prepared for: • tragic events • the language of the past • things which don’t add up