Guardian columnist and journalist. Commentator of the Year 2024. Author of Who Wants Normal? (paperback out now) and Crippled.
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Frances Ryan
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Feels like 48 years ago.
We need a statue of this image and the text here engraved on the plinth and we need it now this woman is everything that made this country great
Two tier punditry.
Frances Ryan
Email my colleague, Libby, if you have thoughts on this!
Thanks to my colleagues at the picture desk for the punch to the gut.
I’m always baffled how hard a sell it is to advocate for inclusion *and* specialist provision. It seems obvious that most disabled kids should be able to be in mainstream education but those who need special schools should have them. But then much of progressive politics is arguing for the obvious…
7 years ago today, CRIPPLED was published. This morning, a lecturer emailed me to say a student had written their dissertation inspired by it.
I’m continually blown away by the impact this book has had and so grateful for how readers have responded - and are still discovering it.
Anthony Head! What a horrible headline to pop up on a Friday evening. He will always be Giles to millennial women everywhere.
