By Anna on 20 October, 2010
It is with great sadness, that we at Disability Rights International (DRI) mourn the death of Paul Steven Miller, a former DRI board member and a legend in the disability rights movement in the United States. Paul died at his home on October 19, 2010, following a long illness, surrounded by his family and friends.
Posted in deaths, disability activism, history | Tagged paul steven miller
By Anna on 6 October, 2010
This list of September media reports about people with disabilities murdered or dying under strange circumstances is presented without commentary, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing people may want to discuss about it in comments. I do not believe for a moment that this list is complete. It is sorted alphabetically by last name. Almost all links are to news reports.
Posted in deaths, domestic violence, news, Record of the Dead, violence
By s.e. smith on 4 October, 2010
Content note: This post contains discussions of bullying, abuse, and suicide. An alarming number of gay youth have committed suicide in the United States in recent weeks. There were probably more than I listed here; there tend to be disparities in what the media does and doesn’t report. Rates of suicide and suicide attempts among [...]
Posted in deaths, mental health, sexuality | Tagged bullying, education, queer youth, QUILTBAG, suicide, transgender youth, United States
By s.e. smith on 25 August, 2010
Content note: This post includes discussions of the murder and abuse of people with disabilities. Betty Anne Gagnon was 48 years old when she was found curled up in the front seat of a pickup truck in the parking lot of a petrol station near Edmonton, Canada, in November 2009. Her face was heavily bruised [...]
Posted in deaths, events, justice, social attitudes, violence | Tagged abuse, canada, caregiver abuse, murder
By Anna on 25 August, 2010
These names are part of the reason why I think Robert Latimer should always be referred to as a murderer, why I think think Tracy’s death should never be referred to as a “mercy killing”.
Posted in deaths, domestic violence, invisibility, justice, media and pop culture, news, othering, representations, social attitudes, violence
By kaninchenzero on 13 August, 2010
This is gonna be short ’cause I hurt and it’s hard to think and type and all that shit what’s good for writing. Another parent of disabled children has killed ou children. Ou regrets having done it and immediately notified police of ou actions. Responses of shock and horror from media and across internets. But. [...]
Posted in blaming, deaths, justice, representations, social attitudes, violence | Tagged autism, barriers to access, privilege, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Anna on 11 August, 2010
I’m incredibly broken up about this for someone who never met Dr Longmore. I have his work scattered about my desk, and have always recommended his Why I Burned My Book as a powerful and well-written introduction to issues related to disability and disability activism. I’ve quoted him extensively since returning to university, and found [...]
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By Annaham on 8 July, 2010
Director Matthew Galkin’s documentary Kevorkian (aired on HBO on June 28th; also available on YouTube; ETA: as codeman38 points out below, the YouTube version is, unfortunately, not closed-captioned) is one of those documentaries that I felt nervous about watching, mostly because I was extremely skeptical that it would be anything other than a massive apologia [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, deaths, media and pop culture, movies, othering, representations, social attitudes, television | Tagged assisted suicide, documentary, jack kevorkian, medical practice, medicine
By Anna on 9 June, 2010
Via tigtog at Hoyden About Town: Vale Jacob F. Baldwin 1951-2010 Jacob was a tireless advocate for innovative access solutions for people with disabilities. Most recently he was part of the Australian team behind the UniCab concept taxi that has submitted a design for an accessible electric vehicle to New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow [...]
Posted in activism, deaths
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