Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The Startling and Rarely Told History of Learning Disabiliti, (Paperback)

<b>'This book is both heart-rending and gorgeous. It crosses the line many times but ultimately, it's about love. He teaches us humanity.' MIRIAM MARGOLYES</b> <p><b>'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book.' HUGH BONNEVILLE</b> </p><p><b>'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving.' GYLES BRANDRETH</b> </p><p><b>'This is a wonderful and important book. Beautifully written, of course; but full of pain and joy, concern and celebration.' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE</b> </p><p><b>'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled out-group in modern society.' SIMON JARRETT, author of <i>Those They Called Idiots</i></b> </p><p> For 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. </p><p><i>Beautiful Lives</i> 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. </p><p> Unwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future. </p><p></p>

• Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The Startling and Rarely Told History of Learning Disabiliti, (Paperback)
• Author: Wildfire
• ISBN: 9781035424740
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-15
• Page Count: 304