Paul Hunt (activist)

Paul Hunt

Paul Hunt[1] (1937 – 1979) was an early disability rights activist and leader of disabled people's campaigns in the UK against residential institutions and for independent living. He was born on 9 March 1937 in Angmering, Sussex, with an impairment and he died aged 42 years in London, on 12 July 1979. His work and political influence is now cited in academic and political writings.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Hunt disliked having his photograph taken and shunned publicity. It was only after his death that the impact of his writings, campaigning, leadership, and achievements began to be documented.

  1. ^ "NDACA - National Disability Arts Collection & Archive". 2021.
  2. ^ Tom Shakespeare, ed. (1998). Disability Reader: Social Science Perspectives. Continuum.
  3. ^ Carol Thomas (October 2004). How is disability understood? An examination of sociological approaches, [in] Disability & Society. pp. 569–583.
  4. ^ Goodley, Dan; Hughes, Bill; Davis, Lennard (2012). Disability and social theory: New developments and directions. Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. ^ Vic Finkelstein (2001). The social model of disability repossessed, [in] Coalition. Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People.
  6. ^ Gareth Williams (2001). Theorizing disability, [in] Handbook of disability studies. Sage. ISBN 9780761928744.
  7. ^ Campbell, Jane; Oliver, Mike (2013). Disability politics: Understanding our past, changing our future. Routledge.
  8. ^ Judy Hunt (2019). No Limits: the disabled people's movement: a radical history. TBR Imprint. ISBN 9781913148027.