Our History
WORK
Derek Brown
Stephanie Ash
Stephanie felt she was just filling
a quota when she started work in the printing dept at County Hall.
Stephanie's attitudes towards disability changed after she started editing the Spinal Injury Association newsletter and formed a local group.
Betty Gooch
When Betty left school at 14 a medical officer suggested she work in a fish shop.
Betty talks about sewing satin underwear for the rich, a job she hated!
Betty describes how she retrained as a book-keeper, and the obstacles she had to overcome.
Mark Wormesley
Mark explains how access issues impeded his education in the years prior to his current degree course.
Mark talks about the events leading to his current studies.
Ann Young
Anne talks about her first job as a Creative Co-ordinator, and becoming politicised through her contact with other disabled people.
Colette Adamson
Colette remembers working in domestic service from the age of fourteen. She discusses the changes in working conditions in the National Health Service over the years.
Peter Dix
Peter became disabled in his forties through Multiple Sclerosis. He talks about the impact it had on his working life, and the attitudes of his colleagues.
Peter discusses access and travel related problems which wheelchair users experience in Norwich.