Tullidos

Austeridad y demonización de las personas discapacitadas

Tullidos - Frances Ryan - Capitán Swing
Publisher name: 
Capitán Swing
Year of publication: 
2020
Pages: 
240
Binding: 
Soft cover

At the end of 2018 the British government cut more than £28 billion in policies on social security, housing, employment and healthcare, specifically targeting the disabled community. In the age of austerity, people with disabilities, 3.7 million in the UK, are the hardest hit. This is in addition to a situation where half of the poor are disabled or live with a disabled person. In Cripples, Ryan tells the story of the people most affected by this devastating regime, who have often been silenced: the quadriplegic man forced to crawl downstairs because the council does not provide him with affordable housing and lives in a first, the woman forced to sleep in her wheelchair and who was admitted to the hospital malnourished because the cuts took away the caregiver who helped her lie down or cook or The young woman with bipolar disorder forced to resort to sex work to survive... Through th...read more

Libro

Book: Tullidos

ISBN: 9788412135541
Precio de lista: $520.00
Descuento: 25%
$390.00