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.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Accessible NYC Cabs: TLC is Opposed

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About once a year I hail a taxi in NYC. This may be a simple everyday activity for tourists and city residents but is never easy or simple w...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Growth Attenuation, Hastings Center Report and Media Misrepresentation

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It has been one month since the Hastings Center Report about growth attenuation was published by the “Seattle Working group”. I was encourag...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Slumping Badly

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Yes, the title is an obvious reference to baseball, a sport I adored growing up. My team as a child was the NY Mets. In the 1960s it was eas...
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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Set Backs

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Excuse my silence. I have been set back by computer woes--my ever so reliable well designed Mac has died. Cause of death, kernal panic, some...
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Monday, November 22, 2010

A Grand Canyon Explained: The Divide Between Bioethicists and Disability Rights

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I can be remarkably stupid. Once upon a time I thought bioethicists and disability rights advocates would form or could form a powerful alli...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Wound Care: A Spectacular Day

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Yesterday almost made me cry. I saw the wound care team and the doctor has permitted me to sit up in my wheelchair as needed. Yes, I still h...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Baxter and Assisted Suicide: A Nuanced Conclusion

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Last January in discussing the Baxter case in Montana I argued that nuance is utterly absent from the debate about assisted suicide. Indeed,...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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