Sign in with Facebook
Ellen Clifford’s Followers (7)
Ellen Clifford
|
The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe
—
published
2020
—
6 editions
|
|
|
Non-violence Can it Save the Planet? (international Socialism, #165)
by |
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
“Knowing our history is important. It helps us understand that what we face in our current time is socially constructed and can therefore be altered. It gives us greater insights into the workings of the forces that oppress us. It gives us evidence with which to challenge the myths and false assumptions that dominate popular ideas about disability. Lessons from the past can help us shape and build a more effective resistance in the present.”
― The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe
― The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe
“The book follows the social model of disability, a tool developed by disabled people as a guide for social action. It draws a distinction between impairment and disability. Disability consists of the barriers that a person with impairment experiences as a result of the way in which society is organised that excludes or devalues them. According to this analysis, preferred terminology in Britain is to describe people as disabled - because they are disabled by society - not people with disabilities, which makes no sense from a social model perspective.”
― The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe
― The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe
Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Ellen to Goodreads.
