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.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Disrespected in Life and Death

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Three days ago a "wheelchair bound" man was killed near my apartment building. The "wheelchair bound man" was killed at ...
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Friday, August 5, 2016

Access Fail at Syracuse

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On Tuesday I wanted to do something ordinary. I wanted to check my Syracuse University office mail box and treat a visiting scholar to lunch...
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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Letter #4 Screw July 4 and Clint Eastwood

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I do not celebrate July 4th. I celebrate my independence day on July 26. On July 26th 1990 President Bush signed the Americans with Disabili...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

Letter #3

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Few paralyzed people write about their relationship with a wheelchair. In John Hockenberry’s memoir Moving Violations he wrote about how h...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

Letter #2 to Young Cripples

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You are not pathological. Your body is perfectly fine. You are different. You may not see or hear.   You may not learn the way typical othe...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Letters to Young Cripples

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My good friend Steve Kuusisto has been posting "Letters to a Young Cripple" on his blog Planet of the Blind. I find his words deep...
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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Ableism and Mass Murder

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This morning I went for a walk with my beloved and aging lab Kate. We stopped in our usual shady spot on the Onondaga Creek walk. I was faci...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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