{"product_id":"beautiful-lives-9781035424740","title":"Beautiful Lives : How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong: The startling and rarely told history of learning disabilities 'Both heartrending and gorgeous' MIRIAM MARGOLYES","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Both heart-rending and gorgeous. He teaches us humanity' MIRIAM MARGOLYES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Thank you, Joey, for getting your dad off his arse to write this book' HUGH BONNEVILLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful book - powerful, persuasive, illuminating, moving' GYLES BRANDRETH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Full of pain and joy, concern and celebration' SIMON RUSSELL BEALE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account' SIMON JARRETT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautiful Lives 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnwin shapes this history into a powerful story of love, lived experience and the long struggle for a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stephen Unwin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistory, Social \u0026amp; cultural history, Social issues \u0026amp; processes, Disability: social aspects, Social discrimination \u0026amp; inequality, Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology, Social welfare \u0026amp; social services, Politics \u0026amp; government, Political activism\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 Jun 2026 by Headline Publishing Group.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stephen Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322219569530,"sku":"9781035424740","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781035424740.jpg?v=1790686433","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/beautiful-lives-9781035424740","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}