Disability

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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.