Acknowledgements

Resourcefulness is etched into the very heart of Birmingham Disability Resource Centre. Its founders and supporters were people of enormous resourcefulness and determination in their quest for equal opportunities, education and dignity. This book is dedicated to them and to all those who have had to strive to be recognised for their abilities and their potential.

We would like to place on record our appreciation to everyone for their support in helping to give this centre and its people its rightful place in history, not only in Birmingham, but in the UK as a whole.

Special thanks must go to Hazel Wood for her work in editing and designing this book and to Ray Gormley for his stalwart work as audio technician and interviewer. They have both contributed extra time and dedication to the project.

We are grateful to The Heritage Lottery Fund which recognised the importance of this project and ¬for its financial assistance. We would also like to acknowledge the wealth of contributions and support we have had for this book from the following:

Mary Barker           David Barnsley     Andy Beaton          

Stuart Bishop          Yvonne Boddey   Sir Albert Bore   

John Boular             Jerome Chen Bacchus

Carl Chinn             Anita Cole           Julie Cole   

Tom Comerford      Ken and Maggie Davis 

John Ellis                 Clenton Farquharson

Carl Freeman         Ray Gormley       Mandy Hawker      

Mike Higgins          David Heap            Linda Laurie       

Demelza Llewelyn   Dave Lupton (Crippen)

Maria Mleczko      Sarah McMahon  Clive Mason           

Debbie Nunn          Susan O’Shea        Tim Philips          

George Rowley       Alun Severn           Louise Simmons     

Sue Smith               Robin Surgeoner       Len Tasker

Mohammed Vaseem    Daniel Vincent          Terry Vincent

Katherine Walsh      Bob Williams-Findlay    Hazel Wood

Irene Wright