Disability Voices
Rawlinson, Jacqui (Part 2 of 7). Speaking for ourselves: an oral history of people with cerebral palsy
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Type
sound
Duration
00:31:13
Shelf mark
C1134/19/01-04
Subjects
Cerebral Palsy
Recording date
2005-01-13
Interviewees
Rawlinson, Jacqui, 1951- (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Gilbert, Marie (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 2 (Tape 1 Side B): Going to secondary school. Envy of grammar school uniform. Mother in hospital in London. Sister left home at the age of 18 when Jacqui was 16. Jacqui became a trainee computer programmer with British Aerospace at the age of 18 in 1969 following a careers assessment from the Spastics Society. Jacqui had to bring her own electric typewriter and had to type code before it went to the punch room. Digital photography and the European computer driving license.
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
Jacqui Rawlinson interviewed by Marie Gilbert: full transcript of the interview (PDF)
Related links
'Speaking For Ourselves' project website, including resources, information for schools and news
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