Disability Voices
Lang, Valerie (Part 32 of 43) Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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Type
sound
Duration
00:31:26
Shelf mark
C1134/10/01-25
Subjects
Cerebral Palsy
Recording date
2005-06-15
Interviewees
Lang, Valerie, 1939- (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Mann, Philip (speaker, male)
Abstract
Part 32 (Tape 19 Side A): (1993-2001): Valerie stood down from the Spastics Society's Executive Council in November 1994, just after it had succeeded in changing the charity's name to Scope. She felt that 15 years was long enough and at the turning point of a new name, it was a good time to go. Looks back at some great changes in the 15 years. Discussion of DPTAC, and the part Valerie played on it, representing people who walked unsteadily, and those who had speech difficulties. She does not feel ‘oppressed' as a disabled person, but she thinks that many people lack the imagination to understand the day-to-day implications of disability.
Description
Interviewed for the project 'Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy'; a project conducted by Scope in partnership with the British Library, financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Related transcripts
Valerie Lang interviewed by Philip Mann: full transcript of the interview (PDF)
Related links
'Speaking For Ourselves' project website, including resources, information for schools and news
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Lang, Valerie (Part 32 of 43) Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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