"I was a smiley, happy child. I've had cerebral palsy since birth, so I've never known any other reality. At three years old I went to a disabled nursery connected to a disabled school, and I remember thinking, Why am I here? At the end of the day, the teacher brought my parents in and said, Rosie should be in a mainstream school."
"I was five when the Disability Discrimination Act came in. If I'd been born 10 years earlier, I probably would have gone to that disabled school, which would have led to fewer opportunities for me in the long run. Instead, the mainstream school was given a lot of funding by the government. I was one of a few disabled children in my year, so I had a teacher's aide, one-to one, for my entire primary school experience."
Rosie Jones was born in 1990 in Bridlington, East Yorkshire and began her television career as a researcher on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown before moving into live comedy. Television appearances include Live at the Apollo, The Last Leg, Taskmaster and coverage of the Tokyo Paralympics. She has published a children's series titled The Amazing Edie Eckhart and hosts Out of Order on Comedy Central. A childhood photograph was taken in her recently moved-into family home, featuring distinctive Mr Men trousers and a black velvet hat. She has had cerebral palsy since birth and attended a disabled nursery before moving into a mainstream school after the Disability Discrimination Act enabled funding, one-to-one support and access to assistive technology such as a laptop.
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