A review by susannaobrien
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People by Frances Ryan

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

A powerful deconstruction of the bleak picture facing disabled people in the UK. Frances Ryan writes with a good balance of personal stories and statistical evidence, to bring to life the human impact of a decade of austerity. Particularly difficult to read knowing the pandemic will only have worsened the situation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Classism

Moderate: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit