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Quadriplegic author 'angry to be associated' with Me Before You

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, June 15, 2016 | 5:38 AM

Francesco Clark says he was never asked whether his biography could be included in the controversial film about disability

The author of an autobiographical account about becoming quadriplegic, which is featured in the romance Me Before You, starring Emilia Clarke, has joined the chorus of disabled activists criticising the film.

Francesco Clark’s book, Walking Papers, describes his life after an accident in his early twenties left him paralysed from the neck down. The book was referred to in the film without the author’s knowledge.

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