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Victoria Brignell

Victoria Brignell works as a radio producer with the BBC. After reading classics at Downing College, Cambridge, she undertook journalism training at Cardiff University. She lives in West London and is 30 years old and is a tetraplegic wheelchair-user.

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Farewell: the final Crip's Column
21 December 2010

In her final column for the New Statesman, Victoria Brignell reflects on what it has meant to write

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When the disabled were segregated
15 December 2010

In the final part of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell explores the pas

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When America believed in eugenics
10 December 2010

In the second of her series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell investigates America

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The eugenics movement Britain wants to forget
09 December 2010

In the first of a three-part series to mark disability history month, Victoria Brignell looks back a

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How autism leads to genius
29 November 2010

In the second part of her autism series, Victoria Brignell argues that, instead of wanting to

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Two unsung national heroes
19 November 2010

The scientists Henry Cavendish and Paul Dirac deserve to be much better known than they are.

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The benefits of care
09 November 2010

In the final part of her series on her personal experience of social care, Victoria Brignell explore

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No robot could replace my PA
28 October 2010

In the sixth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell describes some of her worst experi

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It's been emotional
12 October 2010

In the fifth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell explains the emotional effects of

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How to avoid a communication breakdown
04 October 2010

In the fourth part of her series on social care, Victoria Brignell highlights the importance of good

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