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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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OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDAL (Paralympic medal)

2012

MOL LI 37/2021.2

ID: A bronze medal with a purple ribbon that reads “London 2012”. At the centre of the medal is a close-up image of the wings of the Greek Goddess of Victory. The rim of the medal reads “London 2012 Paralympic Games” in both braille and English. Partially sighted medium-distance runner David Devine, from Liverpool, won...

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ID: A bronze medal with a purple ribbon that reads “London 2012”. At the centre of the medal is a close-up image of the wings of the Greek Goddess of Victory. The rim of the medal reads “London 2012 Paralympic Games” in both braille and English.

Partially sighted medium-distance runner David Devine, from Liverpool, won this bronze medal taking part in the T13 1500 metre race at the Paralympics in September 2012 in London. Representing Great Britain in the Games, he also won a bronze medal in the T12 800m the very next day.

David’s victories for the GB Team haven’t stopped there. He brought home a silver medal from the 2016 World Para Athletics European Championships in Italy. He also represented the team at the 2020 Paralympic Games, held in Tokyo in 2021.

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The Curating for Change project is running eight Fellowships over 18 months and eight Traineeships over 40 days based across 20 partner museums. Learn more about our Fellows and Trainees here.

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