Disability


Disability is not a death sentence

James M. Thunder | 18 January 2013 |
tags: Belgium, disability, euthanasia
Deaf and blind Belgian twins were euthanased at their own request in December. What would Helen Keller have advised them?


Tender hands

Lorna Tilley | 14 January 2013 |
tags: archeology, bioarcheology of care, disability
Looking after those who are unable to look after themselves defines what it means to be human. Even hunter-gatherers knew this.


The case for loving the disabled

William West | 22 November 2012 |
tags: book reviews, disability
The value of the disabled and the love they inspire is the subject of a new 900-page book, Far From the Tree


How come you don’t want one?

Jan Gothard | 29 August 2011 |
tags: disability, Down syndrome, genetic screening
My daughter with Down syndrome has never been a source of shame to our family, but our lives would have been easier if people had been more understanding.


We need a society which cares, not kills

Erik Leipoldt | 14 July 2010 |
tags: disability, ethics of care, euthanasia
A quadriplegic who has just published a book on attitudes to euthanasia in the Netherlands and Australia asks whether it should be legalised in a caring society. 


Riled by the R-word

Barbara Kay | 11 March 2010 |
tags: disability, paraolympics
Disabled people need all the support we can give them. They don't need ideologues who teach that disability is a social construct.


Is death better than disability?

Michael Cook | 11 January 2010 |
tags: assisted suicide, disability, euthanasia
Whom better to ask than the disabled? They give some surprising answers.


Tears for Middle Pleistocene human Cranium 14

Michael Cook | 06 April 2009 |
tags: anthropology, archeology, bioarcheology of care, disability
An amazing archeological finding in Spain reveals the deep humanity of our distant ancestors.


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