No words can express how I feel at this moment in time. It is with
utter sorrow that I received the news of the death of Vic Finkelstein.
Over 40 years I've debated with Vic and others his work and the
implications for our liberation. As Colin Barnes has just said we,
disabled academics, activists, ordinary people live and work in his
shadow; I can only echo those words. Rest in peace, dear comrade.
Bob Williams-Findlay - former Chair of the British Council of Disabled People
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Sue Porter [UoB]
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> We are very sad to hear of the death of Vic Finkelstein, here at the Norah
> Fry Research Centre. His contribution to disability studies through action
> and writing have been important to all of us in shaping our thinking and
> work.
>
> We know that his ideas will continue to inform our teaching and research.
>
> His family are in our thoughts.
>
> Everyone at Norah Fry Research Centre.
>
> University of Bristol.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1 Dec 2011, at 12:55, Colin Barnes wrote:
>
> Dear All
>
> It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Vic Finkelstein,
> arguably the most important figure in the history of the ongoing struggle
> for meaningful equality for disabled people both in Britain and the rest of
> the world.
>
> As a disabled activist and writer since the 1960s in South Africa and
> Britain, Vic’s contribution to our understanding of the oppression of
> disabled people is unprecedented. In many respects we are all living in
> Vic’s shadow..
>
> Vic was admitted to Stoke Mandeville hospital on Monday with pneumonia and
> died peacefully yesterday evening with his immediate family around him
> (30/11/2011).
>
> On behalf of everyone here at CDS (Centre for Disability Studies) at Leeds
> may we express our deepest condolences to his daughters Anna and Rebecca.
>
> Colin Barnes and Alison Sheldon
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