Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
informative
sad
medium-paced
An excellent piece of journalistic literature on the impact of austerity on disabled people in the UK. The multiple interviews create an exhaustive picture of a completely broken system ill-fit for purpose creating untold issues on both a personal and societal level. It would have been interesting to have more perspectives from those in power - the examples Ryan includes are so clearly outrageous that it's difficult to understand how any of the decisions made could be justified.
Impossible to read without becoming angry, and certainly given me a renewed focus on my privilege in society as someone not living with a disability.
Impossible to read without becoming angry, and certainly given me a renewed focus on my privilege in society as someone not living with a disability.
informative
slow-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
medium-paced
informative
sad
medium-paced
A really important book that shines a light on the deadly decisions taken by the British government in the decades since austerity began.
However, the second part of the title 'demonization' receives far less focus. Ryan makes continuous references to newspaper writing calling disabled people 'cheats' and 'scroungers' I had expected an analysis of the press's culpability in the current ableism in society but it never features.
However, the second part of the title 'demonization' receives far less focus. Ryan makes continuous references to newspaper writing calling disabled people 'cheats' and 'scroungers' I had expected an analysis of the press's culpability in the current ableism in society but it never features.