Season 1 · Episode 131
S1 Ep131: Wellbeing - Kev D - Part 2 - Disability and Politics
November 11, 20241h 7m
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Show Notes
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.
Check out Kev’s website here… http://kevindonnellon.com/
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…
Check out my YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dQzS8KBgeT9iA7MAqhQpA - The channel now includes playlists about associated topics.
Follow me on BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/northandsouth.bsky.social
Check out the CIC website – www.northandsoutheducationcic.co.uk – You can fund the charity through this page
Please support the Podcast at https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts?ref=onboarding_email_share2
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.
Check out Kev’s website here… http://kevindonnellon.com/
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…
Check out my YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1dQzS8KBgeT9iA7MAqhQpA - The channel now includes playlists about associated topics.
Follow me on BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/northandsouth.bsky.social
Check out the CIC website – www.northandsoutheducationcic.co.uk – You can fund the charity through this page
Please support the Podcast at https://ko-fi.com/northsouthpodcasts?ref=onboarding_email_share2