The View from Down Here

The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair

Tag: choice

identity matters

This is a good post about identification as a person with a disability, for a women with a mental health issue.
It brings up some interesting thoughts for me about “what actually is disability?” That’s medical vs social model stuff, but its not just that. Its about the labels we as people with impairments use to [...]

2 Comments by willowdove on November 5, 2009
filed in Blogroll, Disability Woes, culture, politics
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values added

Interesting take on “assisted suicide” as a care prevention option.
This couple were apparently in good health but precisely because they were in good health now was the time of their choosing;
“Mr and Mrs Milner’s daughter Chrissy said her parents had been in good health but did not want to get to a stage where they [...]

2 Comments by willowdove on November 4, 2009
filed in Disability Woes, International, current, current affairs, media
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disability access is like organic fruit

Not that long ago, the origin of the fruit and veggies in our supermarkets was a lot less important to the general populous than it is now. Barring the scandals of oil spills and contamination reports we supermarket shoppers were largely content to believe that the fruit and vegetables that were being presented to us [...]

6 Comments by willowdove on August 24, 2009
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Ashey

This is really sad. Scary too on a number of levels. Personally and globally. But I’m torn. I think.
At one level, I have some small sympathy for the parents. It must be hard to see your child, help her, know her as your own, but otherwise be unable to engage with her at a [...]

No Comments by willowdove on January 4, 2007
filed in Disability Woes, Musings, a question of gender
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