Disability Voices
Johnson, Pauline (Part 8 of 9). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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Type
sound
Duration
00:31:19
Shelf mark
C1134/30/01-05
Subjects
Cerebral Palsy
Recording date
2006-05-26
Interviewees
Johnson, Pauline, 1949- (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Austin, Anne (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 8 (Tape 5 Side A): Coach trips, including visits to Derby and Stratford, with her mother. Week's holiday in Lincolnshire at home of Mr and Mrs Cox in summer of 1961. The Coxs breed poodles. Travelling on steam trains. Pauline's dogs Bob and Pepe. Pauline has been living independently since she was 41. Problems recruiting staff. After her mother had a second stroke, Pauline remembers her father telling the senior welfare officer at Cerebral Palsy Midlands, Mrs Barton-Brand [?] that Pauline would have to go into a home because she couldn't make a cup of tea. View of care component of Disability Living Allowance. Her mother apologised to Pauline when she moved to Prospect Hall, believing that she had held Pauline back in a lot of things. Pauline couldn't make a cup of tea because she wasn't allowed to. Pauline's message for today's young parents with special needs children. Pauline says the greatest regret of her life is not leaving home when she was 20. Pauline's hope for the future.
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
Pauline Johnson interviewed by Anne Austin: full transcript of the interview (PDF)
Related links
'Speaking For Ourselves' project website, including resources, information for schools and news
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Johnson, Pauline (Part 8 of 9). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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