Katharine Quarmby in Observer editorial

“In 2011, Katharine Quarmby published Scapegoat: Why we are failing disabled people, the first large-scale investigation into the growing number of violent deaths of disabled people in Britain. In case after case, victims had also been wrongly accused of sexual crimes.”

Hate crimes: brutal death must alter attitudes to disabled people

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Katharine Quarmby

Katharine Quarmby

  Katharine Quarmby is an award‑winning and prize-listed writer of fiction, non-fiction, journalism and books for children. Her books and long‑form reporting focus on lives lived on the margins. Scapegoat: Why We Are Failing Disabled People won the Ability Media International Prize for Lit...More about Katharine Quarmby