Nicole Matthews loved reading stories to her disabled son, Rory, but there was one problem.

"Rory loved looking at story books but I couldn’t find any that had any disabled kids in them," she explained.

"It can be really powerful for kids to see images of children like themselves in the books they see in the library or read at school. Both disabled and non-disabled children need to see a more diverse range of childhood experiences in the books they look at."

Nicole, a university lecturer, now supports In The Picture, so that in future parents of disabled children can find books which show disability in ordinary, inclusive settings.

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