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Description
Starting with birth stories, we follow different families through lifetime's landmarks - going to school, starting dating, striking out for independence when leaving home and finally into old age.
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Series: Nobody's normal
First transmission date: 11-10-2006
Published: 2006
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Duration: 00:44:10
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Producer: Emma De'Ath
Narrator: Martha Kearney
Publisher: BBC Open University
Link to related site: Website: http://www.open2.net/nobodysnormal/index.html
Subject terms: Case studies; Disability studies--Great Britain; Special needs in ordinary schools; Spina bifida
Footage description: Simeon has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. Looking for his next school means looking at the options available in mainstream schools and the choice to be made; mainstream or specialist? Sophie Grant is 16 and has chosen to complete her education at Star College, a residential school for disabled young people. She will be attending a four day get together for new students taking place in the spring.
Production number: JOUA428l
Videofinder number: 7362
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