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Text: 'Dream parents': courtesy of Anastasia Lee-Harmony
Illustrations: Photographs 'Who are informal carers?' (top right): Ed Clark; (top left and bottom): John Birdsall Photography; Photographs for Activity 9: reproduced from A.F. Tredgold (1947) Mental Deficiency; Photograph of Shirley: Philip Hatfield Photography.
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