This international seminar was held on 6th July 2007 at The Open University, Milton Keynes and was preceded by the 2007 Conference Learning disability, relationships and sexuality: past and present on 5th July 2007
(Please note: there are no audio files available for this seminar.)
Pamela Dale
For all our work on institutions we seem to be getting no closer to answering the important questions what was the institution and who was it for? My ten-year research project on the Royal Western Counties Institution at Starcross keeps turning up new questions and issues rather than satisfactory answers.
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Daniel Docherty
I will talk about my experiences of arriving at Calderstones, an institution for people with learning difficulties in Lancashire at the age of six.
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Corinne Manning
In 2005, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at La Trobe University in Australia commenced a project to document the history of one of Australia's most significant institutions for people with learning disability, Kew Cottages.
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Lee-Ann Monk
In 1892, Dr James McCreery described the establishment of Kew Cottages, Australia's 'first specialist institution' for people with learning disability, to a meeting of the Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia.
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Nigel Ingham
This is a chance to look at a Community Service Volunteers project, based in Lancaster, which focuses upon the oral histories of former residents and staff of a large long stay hospital for people with learning difficulties.
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Sue Ledger and Nigel Ingham
The purpose is to present recently discovered recordings of resistance songs, composed and sung by people with learning difficulties whilst segregated in long-stay institutions. Interviews were conducted to record songs and biographical material.
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If you woud like to get in touch with the Social History of Learning Disability (SHLD) Research Group, please contact:
Liz Tilley
Chair of the Social History of Learning Disability (SHLD) Research Group
School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
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