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  • A Life Without Limits: Disability Rights Activist and Advocate

  • By: Sir Bert Massie
  • Narrated by: Paul Broughton
  • Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
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A Life Without Limits: Disability Rights Activist and Advocate

By: Sir Bert Massie
Narrated by: Paul Broughton
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As a boy, severely disabled after contracting polio as a baby in working class Liverpool, Bert Massie found himself wondering why disabled people were expected to adapt to the world around them, and not the other way round. In his teens, he began to campaign for rights for disabled people, and having battled his way through prejudice and the education system to become a Bachelor of Arts and a qualified social worker, he became a prominent figure in the fight for fair treatment for disabled people leading to the ground breaking Disability Discrimination Act. He went on to serve as Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission and became a founding commissioner of the subsequent Equality and Human Rights Commission. His extraordinary achievements were recognised by the award of an OBE, then a CBE and finally, in 2007, a knighthood. This is his remarkable and engaging story, completed by his wife Maureen and friends after his death in October 2017.
©2019 Antonia Tingle (P)2019 Antonia Tingle
Activists Education People with Disabilities Political Science Politicians Politics & Government Society
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I really like the reader if this audio book! Little pauses and occasional coughs adds to the authenticity of this very well written book!

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