{"product_id":"9781035424740-beautiful-lives","title":"Beautiful Lives","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The startling and rarely told history of learning disabilities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful examination of changing attitudes towards people with learning disabilities, and a community's fight for human rights and dignities.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Lives\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585103737206,"sku":"9781035424740","price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39608551_658c9d9f-1ede-4d4e-a31c-65ee3564499b.jpg?v=1769100888","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035424740-beautiful-lives","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}