Wellbeing - Kev D - Part 2 - Disability and Politics

Warning – This episode contains the odd swear word. 

In today’s episode I speak to Kev Donnellon for Part 2 of his life journey! Check out Part 1 a few episodes ago to find out about how Thalidomide impacted on Kevin and how he tried to live a normal life as much as possible. In this episode we discuss Politics and also Kevin’s experience of education and family life. 

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In Part 2 we chat about

-              Why Thalidomide was taken by people as a ‘cure all’ drug
-              Further details of the impact of Mrs. Skelley on Kevin’s life
-              ‘Disabled’ Education in UK History
-              Kevin’s road to employment
-              Getting into left wing politics
-              Anti-nuclear weapon protests
-              Further elaboration on the Social Model of Disability
-              The Disabled Persons’ Direct Action Network
-              UK Politics today
-              The UK Labour Party
-              Experiences of university
-              Being a family man
-              And so much more…


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