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, October 4, 2013

Disability as the Great Unknown

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The level of ignorance associated with disability in general and disability rights shocks me. I was shocked 35 years ago. I remain shocked t...
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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Autism as Spectacle: Art Caplan Misses the Point

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In the Journal of Voice physicians wrote about cutting the vocal cords of a 14 year boy with autism spectrum disorders and Tourettes Synd...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Assisted Suicide: On the Defensive Thanks to Privileged People with a Disability

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Last week, Stephen Hawking supported assisted suicide. This week Donald Low supported assisted suicide a few days before he died.  Low was a...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Memories

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My good friend and colleague Stephen Kuusisto wrote a post at his always thought provoking blog Planet of the Blind today titled The Scary M...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

A Little Saturday Morning Levity

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I was up well before light today. In fact I was done with my tea and had cleaned the kitchen before there was any semblance of light. I woul...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Stephen Hawking on Assisted Suicide

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A documentary is going to be released about the life of Stephen Hawking. In an interview that  I assume was designed to spark interest and p...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Barry Corbet: A Long Overdue Appreciation

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I deeply admired Barry Corbet. His writing appealed to me for a variety of reasons. He published essays in an eclectic collection of magazin...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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