Listening to the other presenters, many of whom mentioned ableism, but most especially to the names being read – for more than an hour – during the Disability Day of Mourning, something I’ve known for years snapped into focus and demanded to be written: Ableism is Violence. The problem is Abled Chauvinism. Like men vis … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: Ableism Is Violence
A friend asked if I knew how many people have been medically killed since Covid-19. My answer is that there is no way to know. We know about Michael Hickson and we’re just learning about Sarah McSweeney and perhaps many others from a recent NPR investigation. However, when relatives agree, or at least don’t vociferously … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton – DNR: Choice or Medical Murder?
…but we don’t. In a phone conversation, a friend of a friend invited me to an event in the Spring. I said that it would depend upon a vaccine for Covid-19. Since our mutual friend and I are both high risk, neither will be traveling before then. She then volunteered that she thinks people in … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident…
A man named Michael Hickson died on June 11, 2020. He was denied food an fluids for 6 days. He was a Black man. His death occurred in a climate of national discussion about the killing of Black men. His wife, Melissa, has ample evidence that his death was deliberate and was the result of … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: How Deeply Ableist is Mainstream Media?
