In store now! Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan
As part of disability pride month we’re highlighting some of our stock that highlights disabled voices.
This week we’re highlighting ‘Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People’ by Frances Ryan. A book we discussed previously through our radical reading group, Frances Ryan’s book is a difficult but important read about the current disturbing reality for disabled people in Britain.
Looking for more books like this? How about ‘The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford’
Order your copy today directly through October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get a commission on your purchase.
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan
Paperback RRP £9.99
In austerity Britain, disabled people have been recast as worthless scroungers. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and the media alike have made the case that Britain's 12 million disabled people are nothing but a drain on the public purse. In Crippled, journalist and campaigner Frances Ryan exposes the disturbing reality, telling the stories of those most affected by this devastating regime. It is at once both a damning indictment of a safety net so compromised it strangles many of those it catches and a passionate demand for an end to austerity, which hits hardest those most in need.
Order your copy today directly from October Books or buy online through our bookshop store and we’ll get commission on your purchase.
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