New Mobility has a story about my background and career as a scholar particularly as it relates to the lack of wheelchair access at academic conferences. Here is the link: http://www.newmobility.com/2014/09/william-peace/ Mark Boatman did a good job writing this story up. The best part of the article was a great photograph of me leading a zombie roll/walk at Syracuse University last April for a conference "Cripping the Con". I gave the keynote talk about the Walking Dead and Assisted Suicide. I had great fun that day and it was without question the met accessible academic conference I ever had the pleasure to attend and participate in.
Paralyzed since I was 18 years old, I have spent much of the last 30 years thinking about the reasons why the social life of crippled people is so different from those who ambulate on two feet. After reading about the so called Ashley Treatment I decided it was time to write a book about my life as a crippled man. My book, Bad Cripple: A Protest from an Invisible Man, will be published by Counter Punch. I hope my book will completed soon.
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
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PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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Great art or just pretty tech? Thumbs up or down? (Inquiring minds want to know!)
SCA. I saw this the other day. Therected is an American version of this. It reminds me of a clown car. For local usage it is of some utility. A 2 or 3 mile trip to grocery shop. I get that. City use perhaps? Yup I get that. Two huge problems. First, cost. The majority of people that would benefit are too poor to afford such a vehicle. Second, it assumes disabled people are always alone and are friendless. To this I will add those that know nothing about disability will think cool. It is cool but has severely limited use.
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