About 3 weeks ago, this blog reported on the case of young David Coronado, a 6-month-old infant allegedly beaten severely by at least one of his parents. Initially, a court-appointed guardian planned to petition for removal of life-support. The scheduled hearing to hear the petition was cancelled due to unspecified “new information.” (We received detailed … Continue reading Texas: David Coronado Breathing on His Own, Off Ventilator
Last week, there was a small burst of the “we’re kinder to animals than to humans” crap in the Australian press, courtesy of Peter Baume, a former Senator and an emeritus professor of Community Health at the University of New South Wales. Baume was part of a panel discussion on euthanasia in Sydney, Australia. The … Continue reading Reality Vs. Myths of Pet Euthanasia (Part 2)
Over the years, I’ve gotten thoroughly sick and tired of the repeated use of the myths surrounding pet euthanasia as an argument in favor of providing the same “service” for humans. The latest of these is from a column by Dr. Gifford-Jones (I guess “Dr.” is his or her first name) published in the Edmonton … Continue reading Reality Vs. Myths of Pet Euthanasia (Part 1)
Over the past month or so, I’ve been working on a launching a personal blog. I suspect that I’ll still tinker with the settings and formatting, but other than that, it’s ready to roll out. This blog will also be disability-oriented, but will cover (but not necessarily limited to) hydrocephalus, nonverbal learning disabilities, and neurodiversity. … Continue reading New Blog: “Water on the Brain – And Lots on My Mind”
Mark Murphy, Legal Director of the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (DRN), emailed a summary of an important Superior Court decision that lays out a very stringent set of criteria that have to be met in order for a guardian to order refusal of treatment for an incapacitated person who isn’t at the end stage … Continue reading Pennsylvania: Important Guardianship Ruling — Strict, Narrow Limits for Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment
