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Disabled Persons

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.

Found in 264 Collections and/or Records:

Minutes of the SHRG Edinburgh Branch Committee Meeting, 19 Nov 1980

 Item
Identifier: GD61/1/3/11
Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: a vacancy on the Edinburgh District Health Council; accessibility and disabled facilities at premises; finance update; and reports from the Disco and Communications Subgroups.

2 copies

Dates: 19 Nov 1980
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Minutes / Minutes of the SHRG Edinburgh Branch

Res.1.14 Male resident, age unknown, married, private tenant, male interviewer, 13 February 1961

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/1/14
Scope and Contents INTVEE lives in one of the Salvesen houses, of which there are eighty, built for disabled servicemen. Each house has a plaque recording which institution or firm donated the construction money. The organisation which built his house brings him flowers in the summer and a christmas dinner. The houses are now run by the Scottish Veterans Garden City Association and tenants pay the association their rent. His house is four apartment and he pays 15/- a month. He goes to Darnaway Street to pay...
Dates: Other: 13 February 1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Social Environment Research Unit / Field Notes / Residents: Interview Summaries / Residents 1: Interview Summaries

St31 Stuart, Derek Findlay, 1945-1949

 File — Box SW49
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/883
Scope and Contents

Cert. Social Study 1949. File contains: Enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports. Student was blind and had attended the Royal Blind School. He also suffered from paralysis as a result of childhood polio.

Dates: 1945-1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study

The Pink Paper, 3 May 2002

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 3 May 2002
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings