
Crippled
Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People
By: Frances Ryan
Paperback | 3 November 2020
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About the Author
Dr. Frances Ryan is a journalist, broadcaster and campaigner. Named one of the UK's most influential disabled people by the Shaw Trust in 2018, her work has taken her to lecture halls, the Women of the World Festival, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and The World Tonight, BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Sunday Politics, Channel 4 News and more. Her weekly Guardian column, Hardworking Britain , has been at the forefront of coverage of austerity over the last decade. She has a doctorate in politics from The University of Nottingham. Ryan was highly commended Specialist Journalist of the Year at the 2019 National Press Awards for her work on disability, as well as shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain's Social Evils 2019.
This is her first book. Ryan was shortlisted for the 2020 Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism.
Industry Reviews
Ken Loach director of I, Daniel Blake
"A blistering polemic, full of telling details."
Guardian
"A devastating look at both the policies that impact disabled people and the toxic rhetoric behind them and what needs to change to make it right."
Vice
"In Crippled , Frances Ryan, a fine journalist, broadcaster and campaigner for disability rights, robustly stacks up the evidence that ought to put politicians - especially chancellors - in the dock."
Yvonne Roberts Observer
"Crippled is a timely read that could bring anyone out of a Brexit news-induced stupor."
Politics.co.uk
"Comprehensively and competently dissects the spin behind austerity, and its most unpardonable effects."
LeftLion
ISBN: 9781788739566
ISBN-10: 1788739566
Published: 3rd November 2020
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Publisher: VERSO
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 12.9 x 19.7 x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.21
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