I’ve probably revisited the struggle over the life of Terri Schiavo in a backwards fashion. I – like other disability rights advocates and activists – have a good memory and were deeply involved in the efforts to stop the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. What that means is that our memory of the struggle … Continue reading Fifth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death – A History Lesson
People who have read the selections in our humor section will already be familiar with Mike Ervin, who writes a bimonthly satire column in New Mobility. Mike also writes serious pieces of policy, media and cultural analysis. He’s written many of these as op-eds for the media project at The Progressive. Mike’s latest piece looks … Continue reading Presidential commission bodes ill for people with disabilities – Mike Ervin in “The Progressive”
My reactions to what passes for a “health care” discussion in the US kind of vacillates – between eye-rolling and outright gagging. The ad below evokes both reactions. It’s the latest from the Family Research Council, defenders of “family values” and who claim to respect and value human life. In the clip below, however, is … Continue reading New Ad from FRC Seems to Say Old People Shouldn’t Get Expensive Operations
As readers of this blog might remember, last May I was confronted by a representative of Lyndon LaRouche’s organization at an anti-euthanasia conference. I felt compelled to address his rather shrill attack on what he termed Obama’s “Hitler Health Care” from the podium and followed up the next day. Since then, it seems a lot … Continue reading Health Care Reform Hysteria – and My Own Version of Reality
A couple of people have contacted me to point out the Eluana Englaro tragedy in Italy – a tragedy that has played out over the past few weeks. Englaro, who died yesterday, was at a center of a life-and-death dispute that involved her father, the Italian courts, Italian legislators, Italy’s president and prime minister, and … Continue reading Italy: Eluana Englaro is Dead – Questions Remain
