The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe 1786998904, 9781786998903

Table of contents :
Front Cover
Half Title
About the author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: ‘Hidden in plain sight’: the social context for the war on disabled people
1: Who are disabled people?
A not insignificant group of people
From the isolation of impairment to the collective experience of disability
2: Justifiable exclusion: attitudes and othering of disabled people
Structures that ‘other’
Better dead than disabled: disability as personal tragedy
Disability as a justifiable exclusion
A question of worth
3: From asylums to independent living: disabled people on the edge of society
‘A very capitalist condition’
Solutions for the ‘unproductive’: a brief historical overview
Fighting for equality
New Labour betrayal
A history of oppression
Part II: Targeting disabled people: retrogressive legislation and policy since 2010
4: Welfare ‘reform’
Legislating for welfare reform
The architects of welfare reform
Employment and Support Allowance and the Work Capability Assessment
Personal Independence Payment
Mandatory Reconsideration
Universal Credit
Housing-related changes
Benefit cap
Pulling apart the safety net
5: Independent living cuts
Social care
Independent Living Fund
Mental health
Assessment and Treatment Units
Housing
Inclusive education
Employment
Barriers to justice
Losing the gains of generations
Part III: ‘Human catastrophe’: the impact of austerity and welfare reform on disabled people
6: The human cost
Rising poverty
Multiple hits
Benefit deaths
Psychological harm
Crisis in social care
Mental health service closures
Pushing people further from employment
Creating problems for the future
Compassion replaced with contempt
7: Re-segregating society
Reversing inclusion
Living in fear of surveillance
Scroungers versus superhumans
Charity cases and passive victims
The fight for equal life chances
8: Political fallout
Politicising the people
Lib Dem calamity
SNP victories
The dangerous rise of UKIP
From Labour’s betrayal to Corbyn’s election
Brexit
The voting power of disabled people
Part IV: Understanding the welfare war: why disabled people are under attack
9: A story of ideology and incompetence
Context
Driven by ideology
The incompetence factor
Resisting neoliberal attacks
10: Collaborators
Vested interests
Complicity by cover and the limits of third-sector lobbying
Failed by those believed to represent us
Part V: Fighting back: the rise of resistance
11: Forefront of the fightback
The growth of ‘new’ activism
‘Crip Culture’
New directions
Wins
UN findings
Atos
Workfare
Missed DLA/PIP savings
Progress and pitfalls
12: Concluding thoughts: where do we go from here?
Responding to the immediate situation
Thoughts on organising
Reinvigorating the social model
Notes
Select bibliography
Index

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