tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post8318644654661275391..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Disability and Languagewilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-74180082189135656402008-05-29T04:50:00.000-07:002008-05-29T04:50:00.000-07:00Thank you for bringing this article to our attenti...Thank you for bringing this article to our attention. I couldn't help but share it on (both)blogs...and I agree with your last comment re: the belief in human equality. Well said! <BR/><BR/>~ ConnieBlog [with]tvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00654687238405024044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-44377497996123410282008-05-28T06:33:00.000-07:002008-05-28T06:33:00.000-07:00Therextras, I appreciate your kind words about my ...Therextras, I appreciate your kind words about my post. I disagree with some of what you wrote such as atheism leading to or in some way sanctioning the development of eugenics. No reputable scholar or historian I have read has made this connection. Spirituality has been part of human culture for as long as humankind has been bipedal. It is for most a fundamental part of their world view. I accept and respect those spiritually inclined but deeply resent the idea that a belief in a higher power or devotion to religion is required as you suggest. I state this not as an atheist but as one who was taught that all people are created equal. This belief, human equality, is held by many--those that are spiritual and those that are not.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-14166516956231438332008-05-24T10:15:00.000-07:002008-05-24T10:15:00.000-07:00Thank you for an excellent expose of a typical med...Thank you for an excellent expose of a typical media dissemination of language and attitudes we would like not only to reform but squelch. I hope you sent some response directly to the newspaper. Yes, the ADA is a civil rights act. <BR/><BR/>"My life has value as does the life of every disabled person in this country."<BR/><BR/>De-valuing the life of someone because they are different is what to led to eugenics. A scary philosophy that is facilitated by the discriminatory statements in the NY Times article. <BR/><BR/>I'm wondering why you chose this particular post for the carnival on spirituality. I think that atheism facilitates eugenics. <BR/><BR/>Our inherent value as humans, over all other creatures, comes from that connection with the Divine; from the love of self and others (as self) expressed by numerous persons in the Bible, and notably by Christ. <BR/><BR/>Without that inherent value of each person, the social problem of disability easily dissolves into discrimination, institutionalization and elimination of anyone judged less than the others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-71880437523988225832008-05-23T16:15:00.000-07:002008-05-23T16:15:00.000-07:00What a wonderful response you wrote. Thank you. As...What a wonderful response you wrote. Thank you. As the blessed sibling of a man with CP, I am so annoyed when I hear the implication that a disabled person will "burden" his siblings. I won't tie up your comments section with all the sarcastic and angry things that brings out of me. Suffice to say my brother and my sister are both my blessings even if one uses a wheelchair and the other was a track star. Their physical abilities are so totally irrelevant to the question. Urgh!HeyMeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595640876526248605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-26655070984125403092008-05-12T12:40:00.000-07:002008-05-12T12:40:00.000-07:00Yes, people are indeed amazing. I was furious when...Yes, people are indeed amazing. I was furious when I read the article on Sunday and waited a day before writing a reaction. After reading the article in question and many others about parenting a child with a disability I cannot help but feel increasingly grateful to my parents. I had a disability but they never treated me differently than my siblings and their expectations were the same for all of us. This was a long time ago when most parents did not have the nerve to do this. Sadly, I suspect devaluing disabled children remains common.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-90437901376993551702008-05-12T11:22:00.000-07:002008-05-12T11:22:00.000-07:00AAArggh! Thank you for writing this--I don't get ...AAArggh! Thank you for writing this--I don't get the NYT, but it's good to know when articles like this happen, so I can brace myself for another wave of nonsensical comments about our family (older kid disabled, younger not)--it's amazing the things people will ask, the assumptions they'll make, based on articles like this. So I'll add to your list of clues for the clueless: <BR/><BR/>Not all parents feel burdened, zapped, cursed, branded, or drained by having a disabled kid--so don't treat me like I "must" feel these things. And some of us even go on to have another kid fully understanding and accepting that every kid is a new adventure--so don't assume we "must have done something" or "had all the tests" to ensure the second child's apparent health. Kids don't come with such guarantees.Penny L. Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com