A life raft in a stormy sea : everyday disability politics rooted in the social model / Lorraine Gradwell.

"In this series of Lorraine's writings, you will find a rich tapestry of how disabled people fought to take control over our lives and change our destiny, documented in a refreshingly honest way. Her experience of living and breathing disability politics at the top and at the grassroots shines through this collection. These essays reveal how Lorraine's commitment to social collectivism influenced our development as a civil rights movement. Lorraine taught us all how to democratise our campaigning organisations, so that all disabled people would feel involved and would be given the ingredients to throw off the shackles of dependency. The slogan "nothing about us without us" was never as well established as it was in Manchester where Lorraine's insight and campaign methodology was embraced wholeheartedly."--From back cover.