Beautiful lives : how we got learning disabilities so wrong / Stephen Unwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unwin, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled--Social conditions.

Learning disabled.

Learning disabled--Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Wildfire, 2025.

Summary:

For much of history, people with learning disabilities have been regarded as unworthy of interest - often seen as a threat to the social order and sometimes dismissed as barely human. While recent years have seen an improvement, learning-disabled people are still treated as fundamentally different. Beautiful Lives is a personal and pragmatic account, told through the eyes of a father whose son has severe learning disabilities. From early civilisation to the chilling realities of twentieth-century eugenics, this powerful book uncovers a startling and rarely told history - one deeply embedded in the challenges still faced today. Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.

Contents:

Introduction

from metaphor to reality

Innocents

Menaces

Humans

Citizens

Beautiful lives

Conclusion: the golden smile.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781035424733

1035424738

OCLC:

1518930289

Publisher Number:

90103915717

CIPO000217859