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in the picture: "a state of being fully informed or noticed." The Concise Oxford Dictionary scope - Time to get equal

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Quentin Blake's image of a child in leg splints

"One good thing about illustration is that you can control the way you do it .. It is not a separate strand - it is about disabled children being part of the make-up of the story, in the swimming pool or playground or wherever ..."

Quentin Blake

Click here to see Quentin Blake's Illustrations and find out more. And visit the In The Picture image bank to see how other illustrators have put disabled children "in the picture".

"I think it's very important to include disabled children in books in an ordinary, everyday kind of way. I feel that they should be simply part of the story, as characters in their own right - funny, friendly, feisty downright naughty, whatever!"

Dame Jacqueline Wilson

Dame Jacqueline Wilson

Click here to read a transcript of Dame Jacqueline Wilson's speech in April.

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A new book has been added to the In The Picture booklist and one of the illustrations from the book has been added to the image bank.

Click here to view the booklist and here to see the illustration.

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Children's views page has been added. Click here to find out more.

New pictures have been added to the children's gallery. Click here to see the pictures.

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