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.
Rights information: Copyright: North Hertfordshire Museum
Description
A yellow and black Mixed Ability Rugby shirt from the Hertfordshire team the Letchworth Braveherts. There is sponser's text on the shirt and images of a rose.
This striking shirt was worn by members of the Letchworth Mixed Ability team Rugby Team. Its colours match the striped shirts of its parent club, Letchworth Garden City Rugby Club. It was donated by the Captain of the team, Sam Prowse.
- Freya Purcell, Curating for Change Trainee at North Hertfordshire Museum
