Finding collections relating to d/Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse people

One of the aims of our project is to make collections relating to d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people more visible – and to share some of the objects our Fellows and Trainees are discovering.

Some will have quite obvious connections to disabled people’s lives – a walking stick, some braille or images of disabled people. But we will also be exploring less obvious connections too. Sometimes the significance of an object is its owner; its part in a bigger story, or the way someone with lived experience of disability has responded to it. In this way we hope to broaden the ways that d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent stories are told.

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Image
Title
Date
Artist

MEDRESCO HEARING AID (Hearing aid)

1960

CHILD'S WORKHOUSE BOOTS (Boots)

P & K ARM (Prosthetic arm)

1920

WILLIAM HENRY HUNT 'SKETCH OF A POLLING BOOTH' (Sketch)

DAIRY AUTOMATION DEVICE (Farming tool)

NOT DEAD YET PROTEST PHOTOGRAPH (Photograph)

1990s

ARTIFICIAL RIGHT ARM (Prosthesis)

1913

FRESH AIR FOR HEALTH POSTER (Railway Poster)

1937

ABERYSTWYTH PAINTING (Watercolour painting)

1959

WHY DON'T YOU GET OUT AND ABOUT MORE OFTEN POSTER (Railway advertising poster)

c. 1968

THE SKEGNESS CURE (Painting)

1911

CAST IRON SIGN (Railway signage)

c.1910

GREEN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE (Railway ticket machine)

1928

EXPLORE THE HOME COUNTIES POSTER (Railway Poster)

1936

EAST COAST JOYS POSTER (Railway advertising poster)

1931

GEORGE WOOD PHOTOGRAPH, AMPUTEE SHOE POLISHER (Photograph)

1890s

GEORGE GRAHAM, WORLD UNKNOWN (Painting: World Unknown by George Graham)

ABRAHAM VAN STRY PAINTING, BLIND GIRL BEGGING (Oil painting)

18th century

VARNISHED CROOK (Walking stick)

PATIENT REGISTERS, CATHARINE HOUSE (Books)

GEORGE WOOD PHOTOGRAPH, MAN WITH A CRUTCH (Photograph)

1890s

ACOUSTIC HEADBAND (Hearing aid)

BROWN WALKING STICK (Walking stick)

SIEMENS & HALSK HEARING AID (Hearing aid)

1930

STRAITJACKET (Straitjacket)

19th century

KEV'S DISABLED PEOPLE'S DIRECT ACTION NETWORK T-SHIRT (T-shirt)

1990s

KEV'S RIGHTS NOT CHARTY T-SHIRT (T-shirt)

1990s

GUINEA PIG CLUB BADGE (Pin badge)

WILLIAM HENRY HUNT, INTERIOR OF WEST HILL VILLA (Painting)

1845

NEWTON BRAGGE SKETCH, SHIP PASSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (Sketch)

1800's

PORTRAIT OF SAM PROWSE (Photograph)

2021

CRACKED HORSE RIDING HELMET (Helmet)

2017

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WOOD (Photograph)

1890s

BRAVEHERTS MIXED ABILITY RUGBY SHIRT (Rugby shirt)

2020

PORTRAIT OF JOHN GOLDSWORTHY SHORTER (Painting)

BLOCK THE TELETHON PROTEST PHOTOGRAPH (Photograph)

1990

HMS CAVALIER AND OPERATION GRAPPLE (Warship)

1940's

ROUTE IRISH (Film poster)

2010

GREETING CARD, 'ROSIE COOPER MP, BSL BILL 2022' (Greeting card)

2022

HANDS UP TO STOP HATE CRIME' (Poster)

2013

LAPEL BADGE (Military badge)

1914-1918

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE ACT 2022 (Government Act)

2022

FEMALE FIGURINE (Figurine)

Early Bronze Age (Syria) (2400 - 2100 BCE)

THIS IS YOUR LIFE (Television Script)

24th April, 1961

ENGLAND BLIND FOOTBALL TEAM SHIRT (Football shirt)

2009

TALKING TIME ELECTRONIC CLOCK (Digital clock)

1979-1980s

MERSEYTRAVEL PASS (Travel pass)

1990-1991

BRAILLE WATCH (Watch)

WALKING STICK (Walking stick)

PERKINS BRAILLER (Braille writing machine)

1960-1990

RICE SPOON WITH HANDLE CARVED IN HUMAN FORM (Utensil)

before 1913

HOSPITALITE DE N.D DE LOURDES. MONSIEUR JAMES SEGRAVE, LIVERPOOL (Certificate)

1960

PINK CANE (Long cane)

HAREBRAINED (Artwork)

2023

STAINSBY BRAILLER (Braille writing machine)

1800

RECTANGULAR BRAILLE MAGAZINE TITLED 'NUGGETS' (Book)

1921

TREPANNING TOOL (Surgical Instrument)

before 1914

PORTRAIT OF ALICE ELLIOTT (Painting)

1970-1979

GUIDE DOG GOLDIE' PHOTOGRAPH (Certificate)

1987

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR (Medical device)

before 2011