2011 Literature Award

SCAPEGOAT: WHY WE ARE FAILING DISABLED PEOPLE

Katharine Quarmby

Katharine Quarmby’s well-researched book provides a ground-breaking portrait of the way our society treats some of its most disadvantaged members. It carefully examines the roots of the uncomfortable, and often hostile, attitudes displayed towards disabled people, and passionately argues for greater official recognition of these crimes as hate crimes.

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