NDY board member Bill Peace has been writing more on his blog Bad Cripple. Two of his recent posts last 2 touch directly on NDY concerns. In You Can’t do That, he describes the ways in which individuals and society focus hard on what he “can’t” do: The instant negativity attached to disability is raised to a higher level when serious, life threatening illness is at issue. Cancer is bad. All illness is bad. Terminal illness is the worst–a tragedy….
…ile the current rules did not effectively protect Carrie Ann Lucas or Bill Peace, gutting those rules would only rob people with disabilities and others of a legal “leg to stand on” and make matters worse. Thanks to DREDF for providing electronic filing information and a template to help advocates file public comments on the proposed rule change, which are due by 11:59 pm today (August 13). Here is NDY’s comment letter. August 13, 2019 Roger Sever…
…ge consisting of applause and pitying pseudo-sentimentality. Finally, Bill Peace has managed to struggle through his own disgust and write down his own reactions on his Bad Cripple blog. Here is the first paragraph of his blog entry titled “The Mainstream Media Discovers Christina Symanski: Perspective Please“: American society loves people with a disability that want to die. These people are heros. These people are lauded as brave. Their stories…
…ing from the oldest to the newest: Ashley and Me was written by William J. Peace, a name that should be familiar to regular readers of this blog, since we’ve excerpted or pointed to his Bad Cripple blog numerous times. Bill’s essay on the forum is about Ashley X. – the pseudonym of the young girl who was subjected to surgical interventions to stunt her growth and prevent the changes that come with puberty. Here’s an excerpt from Bill’s essay: When…
…posted this on Facebook, a couple of people who participated in the protest were really floored. One person remembered it as being to wet and cold that day to move, since the protest they engaged in wasn’t a violent one. Bill Peace has written a long post titled “Ten Years of Peter Singer.” Gary Presley also shares some of his own thoughts in “Congratulating Peter Singer.” Same recommendation as always. Go read what they have to say. –Stephen Drak…
