…comment from a member of the nondisabled public who whose plans were interrupted by the shutdown of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago: A blogger named Rudy hosts a blog that is titled the “Lager Beer Riot.” It’s explained on the blog: Know-Nothing Mayor of Chicago Levi (great nephew of Daniel) Boone incited the Lager Beer Riots of 1855 when, in a conscious attempt to curtail German immigrants’ ability to associate and organize, he prohibite…
…ded who ought not to be included in the list, nor paid for as dead; but I trust you will not overlook my instructions to you on quitting Cassel, and that you will not have tried by human succor to recall the life of the unfortunates whose days could not be lengthened but by the loss of a leg or an arm. That would be making them a pernicious present, and I am sure they would rather die than live in a condition no longer fit for my service. I do not…
…abuse cases in the United States annually, many are not. Once the lethal drugs are in the home, the drugs might be administered with or without the individual’s consent. Even if they struggled against it, who would know? When we’re talking about changing public policy that impacts both the health care system that everyone depends on, and the real world of families that are not necessarily all loving and supportive, we have an obligation to thin…
…the contradiction this way: Singer has spent his career trying to lay down rules for human behavior which are divorced from emotion and intuition. His is a world that makes no provision for private aides to look after addled, dying old women. Yet he can’t help himself. “I think this has made me see how the issues of someone with these kinds of problems are really very difficult,” he said quietly. “Perhaps it is more difficult than I thought before…
Today, as part of the National Disability Leadership Alliance, NDY is proud to share the first images from The Disability Collection, a dedicated collection of images that authentically portray people with disabilities in everyday life. Smiling young female adaptive athlete getting advice from adaptive basketball coach during practice on summer evening Three lovely women spending time enjoying coffee at the cafe and using sign language as a way o…
