05 September 2024, The Tablet

Grace on wheels

by Michael T. Fox

On human dignity

Grace on wheels

An image from Channel 4 television’s promotional campaign for its coverage of the 2024 Paralympics

 

Successful disabled athletes are feted for their extraordinary achievements. But as a wheelchair user points out, in today’s throwaway culture disabled people can still find themselves treated as ‘rejects’ 

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