disability

hitchens loses his (physical) voice …

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, And in short, I was afraid. —T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Christopher Hitchens writes about the loss of his voice in his continuing journey with esophageal cancer … “In …

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disabilism …

… a Minnesota sociologist writes about disabilism – discrimination against disability. Specifically, she discusses a study of quality of life perceptions and medical decision making. The way we ask a question usually says more about us than any answers we might propose. A friend of mine with a disability often writes about these issues.