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DISABILITY PRAXIS IBD

PLUTO PRESS
11 / 2023
9780745340982
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âÇÖA masterful intervention that is particularly pertinent for an age of austerity, pandemic, and rising living costsâÇÖ Robert Chapman, author ofáEmpire of NormalityThe rise of the extreme right globally, the crisis of capitalism and the withdrawal of all but the most punitive arms of the state are having a disastrous impact on disabled peopleâÇÖs lives.Bob Williams-Findlay offers an account of the transformative potential of disability praxis and how it relates to disabled politics and activism. He addresses different sites of struggle, showing how disabled people have advanced radical theory into the implementation of policies.Examining the growth of the global Disabled PeopleâÇÖs Movement during the 1960s, Williams-Findlay shows how a new social discourse emerged that shifted the focus away from seeing disability as restrictions on an individualâÇÖs body, towards understanding the impact of restrictions created by capitalist relations. He shines light on the contested definitions of disability, asking us to reconsider how different socio-political contexts produce varied understandings of social oppression and how we can play a role in transforming definitions and societies.

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