Disability in Australia: Exposing a social apartheid

Dares to name and explore a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation, political life, and the treatment of refugees, this thoughtful, lively and provocative work puts disability firmly on the agenda.

• Winner of the 2005 Human Rights Arts Non-Fiction Award.

The judges described the book as "provocative, well-written and informative". They said the authors successfully tackled an ambitious project and highlighted issues that did not usually receive as much attention as they deserved. The judges saw this book as managing to combine the qualities of a passionate manifesto and a cool academic investigation.

Dr Gerard Goggin is an Australian Research Fellow at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland. He has been fascinated by the Internet since he first got online in the early 1990s, and has written widely on the Internet, telecommunications and new media.