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Crippled is a harrowing account of how austerity has impacted on millions of disabled people, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
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STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People
by Frances Ryan
(Verso, £12.99)
IN GIVING a voice to millions of disabled people, Frances Ryan’s Crippled is urgent and essential reading.
It provides comprehensive statistical evidence demonstrating that disabled people have been disastrously and disproportionately affected by the last decade of public spending cuts, combined with interviews and case studies showing just how badly our society is failing.
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