Loneliness, conflation and ideology
We are told that levels of loneliness are increasing, figures from the Campaign to End Loneliness suggest that 1 in 5 people are sometimes lonely and that 1 in 10 over 65s are ‘chronically lonely’. Further research tells us that...
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Cochlear Implants: Identity politics or the politics of identity?
We were told our son was deaf when he was 22 months old. Immediately after diagnosis we were propelled into the audiology, medical and sensory support systems. Confusing, scary places for parents of a young child, desperate to do the...
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From victims to heroes to scroungers: changes in the public perception of disabled people.