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A rare feat of a book: so many extraordinary stories, so many lost names, brought to light, re-evaluated and revised through a caring and knowledgeable disability lens. A nuanced, intersectional and textured human history, David Turner has done us all a great service with Disability -- Raymond Antrobus, author of The Perseverance A fascinating, detailed and brilliant book, from which I have learned so much. Exactly what we all need -- Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine A lively, sensitive history of disability and ableism, from the workhouses of the 'age of faith' through to our age of austerity. With moving vignettes and powerful storytelling, Turner sets out the struggle of disabled people for dignity, humanity and respect, and demonstrates with eloquence just how far we have to go to build a society that puts people before profit -- Gavin Francis, author of Recovery

A fascinating, detailed and brilliant book, from which I have learned so much. Exactly what we all need -- Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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David Turner is an award-winning social and cultural historian, with expertise in disability, medicine, gender and the body. Based at Swansea University, he is the first person in the UK to be promoted to a professorship based on their work on disability history, and his research has appeared in publications such as iNews and BBC History Magazine. David also co-devised the BBC Radio 4 series Disability- A New History.

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