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, February 8, 2013

Euthanasia and Disability

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On Wednesday I gave a talk to students at King's University College at Western Ontario University. King's has interesting course o...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sports as a Civil Right

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In the last few days I have read many stories that assert playing sports for a person with a disability is a civil right. These stories were...
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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Down Syndrome: The Garcia Story

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I am sure most people interested in disability rights have heard and read about Michael Garcia. Garcia is a waiter in Houston who has been h...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Mass Transportation NYC Style

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I love to travel despite the fact I routinely encounter trouble accessing mass transportation systems. As I have detailed in many posts the ...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Belgian Suicide: Marc and Eddy Verbessem

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Stephen Drake at Not Dead Yet has published two blog posts about the suicide of Marc and Eddy Verbessem. Assisted suicide has been legal in ...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Charity, Tragic Models of Disability

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This ad is striking to me. It reminds me of the 1990s. More specifically it reminds me of 1995 when Christopher Reeve sustained a spinal ...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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I want to be very explicit: the cure for spinal cord injury is a laudable goal. I am fully in favor of research for a cure to spinal cord ...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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