Bad Cripple

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.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ian Pearl: The Dog that Bit Back

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Last month I read about Ian Pearl and hoped that his story would get wide spread coverage and become part of the debate about health care re...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Visual Activism is Not Enough

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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is one of the leading figures in disability studies. I respect her scholarship yet find her passivity frustrating ...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Anger Helps

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In the Body Silent Robert Murphy wrote about two types of anger. The first, existential anger, involves a pervasive bitterness at one's ...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Baby RB To Die: In My View the Inevitable Outcome

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Baby RB will die. I fully expected this result but not the way it came about. According to British news outlets Baby RB's father withdre...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Baby RB: A Miserable, Sad and Pitiful Existence?

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A legal battle is taking place in Britain regarding Baby RB. Doctors caring for a child known only as Baby RB is at the center of a life and...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Hostile Social Environments

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With election day almost here I have been thinking of hostile social environments. I know when I vote I will most likely have a negative soc...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Democracy for All but the Crippled

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I have the legal right to vote as does every other American. I do not vote in my town. Why? The polling place is not accessible. It never ha...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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