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    Currently reading:

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    Non-fiction: (Attempting) Fiction:

    Non-fiction: (Attempting) Fiction:
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    Has anyone read 'Crippled' by disabled academic and journalist Frances Ryan?

    You may be interested in the above responses. It is written in three parts. @Raggamuffin As above. I apologise pre-emptively if you would rather not peruse said information.
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    Has anyone read 'Crippled' by disabled academic and journalist Frances Ryan?

    (P2) Moreover, marked by fluctuation in employment, as of 2017, disabled people are resigning from their workplaces at a larger rate than moving into it '...Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that for every 100 disabled people moving into work, 114 leave.' (Ryan. F, 2019. p. 37)...
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    Has anyone read 'Crippled' by disabled academic and journalist Frances Ryan?

    (P1) Scapegoating. For example, interestingly and in relation to your comment of fraudulence, '... prior to its demolition DLA was one of the most effectively targeted benefits with an estimated fraud rate of just 0.5 per cent' ➀ (Ryan. F, 2019. p. 19). Nevertheless — before any internal...
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    Introductions

    Hello, my name is Elys (of which is a pseudonym). I am a twenty-three-year-old part-time social sciences undergraduate from Yorkshire, England.
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    Has anyone read 'Crippled' by disabled academic and journalist Frances Ryan?

    Has anyone read 'Crippled' by disabled academic and journalist, Frances Ryan? Note: This is queried on account of the prospect of a non-fiction book group being created. Full-title citation below: Ryan, F. (2019) Crippled: Austerity and the demonisation of disabled people. Verso Books.
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