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What sorts of People Should There · 4d ago

Documentary on Ashley Treatment

22 May 2012 Disability Rights Washington and Video Galaxy  have great new video  on the Ashley Treatment on their website. There is also a poll on this page asking whether you believe more safeguards are needed to protect the civil rights of people with disabilities from civil rights violations and
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What sorts of People Should There · 1W ago

Saving Down syndrome

A New Zealand Initiative Saving Down syndrome.  
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What sorts of People Should There · 3W ago

CALL FOR PAPERS for the International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation (IJDCR): What Sorts of People Should There Be?

CALL FOR PAPERS                                       for the International Journal of Disability, Community & Rehabilitation (IJDCR) What Sorts of People Should There Be?  Guest Editor Gregor Wolbring, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, University o
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

“physically incapacitated” or “mentally defective” don’t make me choose!

Our eugenics history is not a thing of the past. In our provinical election many  Albertans in wheelchairs can not get into their polling stations to cast their vote. The Living Archives on Eugenics in Western Canada calls upon Elections Alberta, elected officals and Canadians to make changes to pol
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

Eugenics in Toronto – Hiding Ultra-sound results

The Toronto Star recently released an article on the fact that many GTA hospitals, “particularly those in ‘ethnic’ areas [...] won’t let their ultrasound staff tell pregnant women the sex of the fetus,” in order to prevent abortion. A study from St. Michael’s Hospital reveals that while male/female
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

Dr. Phil.com Mercy or Murder

Deadly Consequences Annette says she wants the right to euthanize her severely-disabled children, who are being kept alive only by feeding tubes. What would you do? Then, former model, Stephanie Vostry, says she’s fighting to survive chronic Lyme disease, an illness some believe she may be faking. P
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

Pop Culture’s 100-year Obsession With Eugenics

For the past century, pop culture has told plenty of stories about eugenics. Some of them have criticized the notion that you can make people “better” — but others have been wishful fantasies about making a better world through genetics. Here’s the weird history of eugenics in popular culture. From
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

cool device

As a full-time wheelchair user, I am thrilled to see this stand-up mobility product where a person who is paralyzed can get around standing up. In the video you can see the person shopping, cooking, cleaning, and interacting with others from a standing position. The device is relatively narrow compa
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

Maine law changes disparaging language in state statutes, programs

from Bangor Daily News Maine, April 9th, 2012: Christina Mailhot got teased a lot as a child. Born with Down syndrome, words like “retard” were flung at her every day, meant to be insulting. So when Mailhot, now 33 and a member of the Augusta-based self-advocacy group Speaking Up For Us, heard state
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What sorts of People Should There · 1M ago

Genetic counseling for the politically committed

h/t Anne Pasek
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