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Did shell shock make us serious about mental health?
A web piece by BBC looking into how attitudes to veteran’s mental health has changed since 1917. See it here.
The untold stories of deaf people in WWI
An entry on the BBC Ouch blog on the fates of deaf ex-soldiers. When the war broke out, sentries were deployed across the country and security was tightened. But many deaf people were unaware of the new rules … and paid…
Disabled century two BBC films about C20th
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/353682.stm War – long associated with giving an impetus to the feminist movement – also played a major part in transforming people’s views of disability. Not only have this century’s two world wars created a large number of disabled people,…
Wilfred Owen poem Analyses
Wilfred Owen Dulce et Decorum est Poem with Analysis Disabled Poem Disabled Analysis by Emmeline Burdett
Citizenship and Secondary History. These six posters were produced by the Birmingham Disability History Project
Citizenship and Secondary History. These six posters were produced by the Birmingham Disability History Project and focus on six leading members of the British Disability Movement and their role in bringing about rights for disabled people. Ian Stanton – Natural…
Challenging bullying and harassment of disabled people in class
A document designed to give teachers information about the history of bullying and harassment of disabled people and ideas/guidance about activities for the classroom. Supported by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. Download it here
Scope Lesson Plans on Disablism in Twentieth Century UK
A disability teaching pack, all based on interviews with disabled people. See it here
‘Does It Matter’ 5 films by disabled artists on WWI
In this series of short films, five contemporary disabled artists (Katherine Araniello, Jez Colborne in collaboration with Mind the Gap, Claire Cunningham, Tony Heaton and Simon Mckeown) present warm, witty and poignant perspectives on war and disability.
Online Exhibition: WWI Indian Wounded in Brighton Pavilion
During World War I a former Royal Palace in England was converted into a hospital for soldiers of the British Indian Army. This is the story of wounded turbaned warriors from the battlefields of France sent to the hospitals of…