Name: Parent Advocacy and Attitudes Towards Cerebral Palsy in the Mid-20th Century
Location: Wellcome Collection

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Join scholar, singer and writer Rianna Walcott for a tour of the ‘Joy’ exhibition. You’ll hear her personal views and insights into the exhibitions and have the opportunity to ask questions.  

Gallery tour

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Joy exhibition

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We’ll meet at the Information Point, which is on level 0, directly in front of you as you enter Wellcome Collection.

Information Point

For this event, booking a ticket guarantees you a place on the day. We advise arriving before the event starts so you can find your tour group. If you have any access requests or requirements, email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 020 7611 2222.

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Perspective Tour with Rianna Walcott

Join scholar, singer and writer Rianna Walcott for a tour of the ‘Tranquillity’ and ‘Joy’ exhibitions.

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Teeth exhibition

In these tours, we invite experts in connected fields to bring their unique perspectives to our exhibitions.

Perspective Tours

Join Dr Teresa Hillier to hear how parents of children born with cerebral palsy in the mid-20th century took action to confront how educational inequality disadvantaged their children. 

You will learn how the medical classification of cerebral palsy as a specific condition was imprecise, resulting in children often being summarily denounced as ‘ineducable’.   

The talk reveals how emotive language and imagery were used in a nationwide campaign to raise the profile of cerebral palsy. Its success inadvertently led to individuals being portrayed as one homogenous group within popular culture. 

This perception has overshadowed the positive contributions made by parents and organisations to the improvement in knowledge and practice relating to cerebral palsy.

<p>A chance to hear about and talk about ideas with others.</p>

Discussion

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Exploring Research Seminar with Dr Teresa Hillier

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This event will have live speech-to-text transcription which may be useful for people who are D/deaf, hard of hearing, deafened or neurodiverse. The text will be embedded in the event video window and ticketholders will also receive a link to open subtitles in a separate window.

Speech-to-text

This event is British Sign Language interpreted. An interpreter will be embedded in the event stream/visible to all attendees and will interpret what is discussed into BSL for d/Deaf, hard of hearing and deafened attendees.

British Sign Language

Booking a ticket guarantees you entry to the online event. You will be given joining instructions in your confirmation email. If you have any access requests or requirements, for example a transcript of the event, email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 020 7611 2222.

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Parent advocacy and attitudes towards cerebral palsy in the 20th century

Parent Advocacy and Attitudes Towards Cerebral Palsy in the Mid-20th Century

Join Dr Teresa Hillier to hear how parents of children born with cerebral palsy in the mid-20th century took action to confront how educational inequality disadvantaged their children.

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Researcher talk in the Viewing Room

Hear from people who have researched our collections, as they share their discoveries. They'll draw on examples from our collections to relate the stories that they've uncovered. And you’ll have a chance to ask them questions afterwards.

Exploring Research

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