Download or read book Disabled People in Britain and Discrimination written by Colin Barnes and published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS. This book was released on 1991 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that disability is a civil rights issue, this study outlines, often using official statistics, the denial to disabled people of full and equal access to the institutions of British society. It contends that only disabled people themselves can bring about a change in this situation.