Sounded ID: 9781662159312
ISBN: 9781662159312
Publication Date: December 02, 2020
Publisher: Mereo Books
Language: English
Author Name: Sir Bert Massie
Narrator Name: Paul Broughton
As a boy, severely disabled after contracting polio as a baby in working class Liverpool, Bert Massie found himself wondering why disabled people were expected to adapt to the world around them, and not the other way round. In his teens, he began to campaign for rights for disabled people, and having battled his way through prejudice and the education system to become a Bachelor of Arts and a qualified social worker, he became a prominent figure in the fight for fair treatment for disabled people leading to the ground breaking Disability Discrimination Act. He went on to serve as Chairman of t...
As a boy, severely disabled after contracting polio as a baby in working class Liverpool, Bert Massie found himself wondering why disabled people were expected to adapt to the world around them, and not the other way round. In his teens, he began to campaign for rights for disabled people, and having battled his way through prejudice and the education system to become a Bachelor of Arts and a qualified social worker, he became a prominent figure in the fight for fair treatment for disabled people leading to the ground breaking Disability Discrimination Act. He went on to serve as Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission and became a founding commissioner of the subsequent Equality and Human Rights Commission. His extraordinary achievements were recognised by the award of an OBE, then a CBE and finally, in 2007, a knighthood. This is his remarkable and engaging story, completed by his wife Maureen and friends after his death in October 2017.
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | 001 Title and Credits |
0 mins 16 secs |
2. | Chapter 1 Polio Strikes |
24 mins 37 secs |
3. | Chapter 2 Greenbank |
55 mins 15 secs |
4. | Chapter 3 Expanding Horizons |
40 mins 57 secs |
5. | Chapter 4 Beyond School |
37 mins 54 secs |
6. | Chapter 5 Early Jobs |
22 mins 38 secs |
7. | Chapter 6 Embrionic Activist |
50 mins 20 secs |
8. | Chapter 7 The Semi-Detached Activist |
20 mins 07 secs |
9. | Chapter 8 Through the Beam of RADAR |
42 mins 31 secs |
10. | Chapter 9 The Disability Rights Commission Lives! |
47 mins 56 secs |
11. | Chapter 10 Inside the Equality and Human Rights Commission |
1 hr 05 mins |
12. | Chapter 11 Reflections |
33 mins 54 secs |
13. | Chapter 12 No Such Thing As Retirement |
20 mins 31 secs |
14. | 018 Postscript |
1 mins 38 secs |
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