The violence of disablism

Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole are sharing their paper 'The Violence of Disablism' again as they try to make sense of the continued violence in disabled people鈥檚 lives.聽

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Following the appalling abuse of people with learning disabilities documented by the BBC Panorama programme, Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole are sharing their paper 鈥淭he Violence of Disablism鈥 again as they try to make sense of the continued violence in disabled people鈥檚 lives. 

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