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Review of Crippled: Austerity and the demonization of disabled people by F. Ryan.
Faculty Author(s): Hughes, Jessica M. F.
Student Author(s): -
Department: COMM
Publication: Disability Studies Quarterly
Year: 2020
Abstract: Top economists warn the UK not to repeat austerity after the COVID-19 crisis. Coupled with cuts and changes to welfare benefits, austerity measures have been catastrophic for people with disabilities. Keywords: poverty; welfare (cuts) EN poverty welfare (cuts) N.PAG N.PAG 1 04/03/21 20210101 NES 210101 Reviews on the cover of Frances Ryan's (2019) I Crippled: Austerity and the demonization of disabled people i call the book "devastating" (McDonnell), "essential" (Grey-Thompson), and "a ferocious, thoroughly substantiated indictment of [the U.K.] government's maltreatment of its disabled children, women, and men" (Delaney). [Extracted from the article]
Link: Review of Crippled: Austerity and the demonization of disabled people by F. Ryan.