Post by flyingcarpet46 on Apr 24, 2022 11:07:21 GMT
Disability activist. Journal of Paul Hunt 1962
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hunt_(activist)
This comment is from the Introduction of Judy Hunt, wife of Paul Hunt and author of No Limits
acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2b91b1f4-79e8-3448-abdf-d5380032bfa9
Core themes in the journal
Already in the first few entries one is immersed in Paul's world of immediate concerns and I highlight just a few.
He asks what it is to be human and the implications of being disabled in a non-disabled society.
He poses questions about faith and atheism and unexplained mysteries of human existence.
He seeks better understanding of his reactions towards prejudice and social attitudes that are demeaning and how to act upon them.
He wants to portray and educate the public about the right and wrong sorts of help, (see Feb 13h) from the residents' perspective, and how they, as disabled people, see the world, but he has concerns about how to communicate all this adequately in his writing.
Throughout the journal he gives considerable thought to the residents collective struggles for sef-determination and democratic representation within the Home and to his thoughts on the qualities for good leadership.
Inthe Feb 12th journal entry, he quotes Fenner Brockway .. nothing so pierces the personality as the humiliation of being treated as a lesser human being."
This thought is a repeatedly recurring theme especially later on in the story when things get tough for them at Le Court and the struggle intensifies. As it transpires this journal becomes a witness account of a turbulent six months.
Scattered throughout one discovers remarkable passages of profound significance , written with such clarity and directness that one has to stop for a moment, to reflect'.
Paul went on to found the Union of the Physically Impaired against Segregation (UPIAS) along with others including Vic Finkelstein and Dick Leaman. To some eg Tom Shakespeare, (activist with disabilities ?) this trio can be dismissed as ' male and marxists '(mentioned on a radio programme some years ago. Forget the programme for the moment). Btw Liz Finkelstein and Judy Hunt were also active in the UPIAS but Paul Hunt and Vic Finkelstein became better known than some of the prominent women.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hunt_(activist)
This comment is from the Introduction of Judy Hunt, wife of Paul Hunt and author of No Limits
acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2b91b1f4-79e8-3448-abdf-d5380032bfa9
Core themes in the journal
Already in the first few entries one is immersed in Paul's world of immediate concerns and I highlight just a few.
He asks what it is to be human and the implications of being disabled in a non-disabled society.
He poses questions about faith and atheism and unexplained mysteries of human existence.
He seeks better understanding of his reactions towards prejudice and social attitudes that are demeaning and how to act upon them.
He wants to portray and educate the public about the right and wrong sorts of help, (see Feb 13h) from the residents' perspective, and how they, as disabled people, see the world, but he has concerns about how to communicate all this adequately in his writing.
Throughout the journal he gives considerable thought to the residents collective struggles for sef-determination and democratic representation within the Home and to his thoughts on the qualities for good leadership.
Inthe Feb 12th journal entry, he quotes Fenner Brockway .. nothing so pierces the personality as the humiliation of being treated as a lesser human being."
This thought is a repeatedly recurring theme especially later on in the story when things get tough for them at Le Court and the struggle intensifies. As it transpires this journal becomes a witness account of a turbulent six months.
Scattered throughout one discovers remarkable passages of profound significance , written with such clarity and directness that one has to stop for a moment, to reflect'.
Paul went on to found the Union of the Physically Impaired against Segregation (UPIAS) along with others including Vic Finkelstein and Dick Leaman. To some eg Tom Shakespeare, (activist with disabilities ?) this trio can be dismissed as ' male and marxists '(mentioned on a radio programme some years ago. Forget the programme for the moment). Btw Liz Finkelstein and Judy Hunt were also active in the UPIAS but Paul Hunt and Vic Finkelstein became better known than some of the prominent women.