Tag Archives: Disability
The Psychology of Cover-Ups
Time Magazine has a great article on the psychology of cover-ups in the context of the recent events at Penn State (trigger warning for discussions of sexual abuse). Here is a choice snippet: When the actions of a group are … Continue reading
Legal immunity for conservators
DisAbility Rights Galaxy has a great post on a rather scary case pending before the Connecticut Supreme Court addressing whether court-appointed conservators for people with disabilities should be immune from lawsuits. Conservators wield incredible power over their wards and it’s … Continue reading
I’m very high-functioning
Although I think of myself as having a single, neurologically-based disability with a variety of manifestations, I’ve collected a variety of different diagnoses. The first one I remember receiving was “Tic Disorder NOS” in high school, after my parents finally … Continue reading
Filed under Being Weird, Practicing Law While Weird
False choices on health care
On Peter Singer and the Quality Adjusted Life Year: What is it about disability that makes life so qualitatively less pleasant that it’s worth considering when deciding who gets medical treatment even though other disadvantages aren’t? Continue reading
Filed under Disabilities, Elder Law, Health Care, Regulation
Stimulus package
AAPD is calling for people to write their congresspeople in support of keeping funding for independent living centers in the stimulus package. Here’s what I wrote: Dear Senator/Representative, I am writing to you to express my support for the Independent … Continue reading
Filed under Disabilities, Feminism
Economic stimulus and people with disabilities
AAPD’s JFActivist blog has posted a set of suggestions for making the stimulus package more stimulating for people with disabilities, which cites and builds on truthout.org’s more general list. Obama and Biden have warned that there should be no earmarks … Continue reading
Filed under Disabilities
Why do we recognize human rights?
There’s an interesting post and discussion on What Sorts of People Should There Be? on he philosophical basis for according rights to severely cognitively disabled humans while denying them to intelligent animals such as dolphins and apes. Joseph Singer has … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Rights, Disabilities
FDA lists concept for handgun for people with disabilities
Discovery.com discusses the recent FDA listing of a handgun for people with disabilities. I’m not particularly concerned about this new invention from a gun control standpoint; people with physical disabilities come in all political stripes, and many may feel that … Continue reading
Filed under Disabilities, Regulation
