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.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

The New York Times and Assisted Suicide

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About a week ago the New York Times published an opinion piece I can't get out of my mind. The title was provocative—“Should I let My P...
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

More on Pain

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I have been in pain for about ten days. I am functioning reasonably well but tired. Nights are the worst as I toss and turn. I cannot fall a...
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Friday, August 4, 2017

Pain and PTSD

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Growing up as a morbidly sick child was hard. I spent many years of my childhood in the hospital surrounded by other gravely ill children. I...
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Denver Colorado Fun

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Marijuana is legal in the great state of Colorado. For those that would like to know more about the legal use of marijuana in the state here...
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Monday, July 24, 2017

Illness as Metaphor--Hard to Kill a Bad Idea

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Last week John McCain announced he had brain cancer. This is bad news for the 80 year old conservative politician. Worse, the cancer, a glio...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Mundane Observations About Living in Denver

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Yesterday I wrote about having a heart attack and how vulnerable I was hospitalized as a man with a disability. Since I was released from Y...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Heart Attack, Vulnerability and Disability Based Bias

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Since I started my blog years ago, my goal has been to reach as wide an audience as humanly possible. To this end I have succeeded beyond wh...
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william Peace
PhD 1992 in anthropology Columbia University, I am interested in disability rights and bioethics.
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