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| ==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| Campbell grew up in New Mauldon, ]. Her father, Ron, was a heating engineer and her mother, Jesse, was a shop assistant. When she was nine years and Sharon, her sister, was 14 years old her family moved to a 1930-40s house in Wendover Drive. At the age of nine months she could not sit up and did not move a lot by the age of one year. Her mother went to the family doctor who referred her to the local hospital, ], and then she was referred to ], where she was diagnosed with ] and given a prognosis that she would not survive two years; however, it was her younger sister, Sally, who died of the same disease before the age of two years. |
Campbell grew up in New Mauldon, ]. Her father, Ron, was a heating engineer and her mother, Jesse, was a shop assistant. When she was nine years and Sharon, her sister, was 14 years old her family moved to a 1930-40s house in Wendover Drive. At the age of nine months she could not sit up and did not move a lot by the age of one year. Her mother went to the family doctor who referred her to the local hospital, ], and then she was referred to ], where she was diagnosed with ] and given a prognosis that she would not survive two years; however, it was her younger sister, Sally, who died of the same disease before the age of two years. The family were not given much support from hospitals or other services, as was generally typical at that time. As a child she was prone to getting severe chest infections 2 or 3 times per year, sometimes requiring hospitalization.<ref name=thigui-JC>. ]. 1 August 2009.</ref> | ||
| ==Education== | ==Education== | ||
| Campbell went to a segregated school for disabled children where academic achievement was not the top priority. Her best friend, who had a hole in the heart, died at the age of 13 years. In 1975 she joined ], ], Coventry, a special college for disabled students, where there was an academic environment, and where she was generally able to live the life-style of an ordinary teenager |
Campbell went to a segregated school for disabled children where academic achievement was not the top priority. Her best friend, who had a hole in the heart, died at the age of 13 years. In 1975 she joined ], ], Coventry, a special college for disabled students, where there was an academic environment, and where she was generally able to live the life-style of an ordinary teenager.<ref name=thigui-JC/> | ||
| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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In 1996 Campbell co-founded and directed the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) where she worked for six years before being appointed by the Minister for Social Care to chair SCIE. She is an active leader in the social care field and a campaigner and adviser for disability reforms. | ||
| As chair at the British Council of Disabled People and co-director at NCIL, Campbell saw these organisations through pioneering work in the field of independent living, civil rights, peer counselling and equal opportunities. In 1996 she co-authored a book called Disability Politics and was created a Dame in the Queen's 2001 birthday honours. | As chair at the British Council of Disabled People and co-director at NCIL, Campbell saw these organisations through pioneering work in the field of independent living, civil rights, peer counselling and equal opportunities. In 1996 she co-authored a book called Disability Politics and was created a Dame in the Queen's 2001 birthday honours. | ||
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| In February 2007, it was announced by the ] that she would be made a ] and will sit as a ]. Her ] was ] as '''Baroness Campbell of Surbiton''', of ] in the ], on 30 March 2007. | In February 2007, it was announced by the ] that she would be made a ] and will sit as a ]. Her ] was ] as '''Baroness Campbell of Surbiton''', of ] in the ], on 30 March 2007. | ||
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==Personal life== | ||
| Campbell met her first husband, Graham, at Hereward College. He was a ] and died. She subsequently married, Roger, a businessman.<ref name=thigui-JC/> | |||
| Campbell cannot lift her head from the pillow unaided and needs a ventilator to help her breathe at night. She uses a electric powered ] and has a computer on which she types with one finger. | Campbell cannot lift her head from the pillow unaided and needs a ventilator to help her breathe at night. She uses a electric powered ] and has a computer on which she types with one finger. | ||
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Jane Susan Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, (born 1959) DBE, is a Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). She also serves as Chair of the Disability Committee which will lead on the EHRC Disability Programme. She was the former Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). She was Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission until it was wound up in October 2007.
Early life
Campbell grew up in New Mauldon, Surrey. Her father, Ron, was a heating engineer and her mother, Jesse, was a shop assistant. When she was nine years and Sharon, her sister, was 14 years old her family moved to a 1930-40s house in Wendover Drive. At the age of nine months she could not sit up and did not move a lot by the age of one year. Her mother went to the family doctor who referred her to the local hospital, Kingston Hospital, and then she was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy and given a prognosis that she would not survive two years; however, it was her younger sister, Sally, who died of the same disease before the age of two years. The family were not given much support from hospitals or other services, as was generally typical at that time. As a child she was prone to getting severe chest infections 2 or 3 times per year, sometimes requiring hospitalization.
Education
Campbell went to a segregated school for disabled children where academic achievement was not the top priority. Her best friend, who had a hole in the heart, died at the age of 13 years. In 1975 she joined Hereward College, Tile Hill, Coventry, a special college for disabled students, where there was an academic environment, and where she was generally able to live the life-style of an ordinary teenager.
Career
In 1996 Campbell co-founded and directed the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) where she worked for six years before being appointed by the Minister for Social Care to chair SCIE. She is an active leader in the social care field and a campaigner and adviser for disability reforms.
As chair at the British Council of Disabled People and co-director at NCIL, Campbell saw these organisations through pioneering work in the field of independent living, civil rights, peer counselling and equal opportunities. In 1996 she co-authored a book called Disability Politics and was created a Dame in the Queen's 2001 birthday honours.
In 2003, Campbell was awarded an honorary doctorate in law from Bristol University and another in social sciences from Sheffield Hallam University. Currently, she is exploring the notion of a human rights perspective of social care.
In February 2007, it was announced by the House of Lords Appointments Commission that she would be made a life peer and will sit as a Crossbencher. Her peerage was gazetted as Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, of Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, on 30 March 2007.
Personal life
Campbell met her first husband, Graham, at Hereward College. He was a haemophiliac and died. She subsequently married, Roger, a businessman. Campbell cannot lift her head from the pillow unaided and needs a ventilator to help her breathe at night. She uses a electric powered wheelchair and has a computer on which she types with one finger.
References
- ^ The House I Grew up In. BBC Radio 4. 1 August 2009.
Links
- http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-job/who-we-are/the-team/baroness-jane-campbell-of-surbiton-dbe/
- http://www.livingwithdignity.info