Speaking For Ourselves

An oral history of people with cerebral palsy

''Speaking for Ourselves is an exciting and valuable project. Why? Because disabled people are not included in social history. As a disabled woman with cerebral palsy, this opportunity to record our history is long overdue.''

Speaking for Ourselves is a two-year oral history project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to communicate the living heritage of disabled people to a wider audience.

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The project has trained 16 disabled volunteer interviewers to record life-story interviews with people with cerebral palsy over 50. These interviews form part of a collection at the British Library Sound Archive, which was used to produce a video and learning resource for schools.

For further information, email s4o@scope.org.uk, call 020 7619 7228 or write to:

Project Co-ordinator
Speaking For Ourselves
Scope
6 Market Road
London
N7 9PW

Speaking For Ourselves is part of Scope's Time to Get Equal campaign. The campaign calls for an end to disablism in society and a major improvement in the way disabled people are perceived and treated.