tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post7694324045273117777..comments2023-10-02T05:24:06.603-04:00Comments on Gender, Power and Privilege Blog: Institutional Ableism ExamplesJoelle Ruby Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815054251523463134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-21067087146775684262011-08-16T07:37:52.638-04:002011-08-16T07:37:52.638-04:005 years ago, my grandma was having numerous mini s...5 years ago, my grandma was having numerous mini strokes. she was confused, seemingly in physical pain, and very depressed. told she could enter into a coma with her next stroke, she relied to her eldest child her desire to end her life.<br /><br />since the medical industry requires & creates standards and guidelines, she may've fit into a hypothetical legalized 'right to die'. she could've been killed.<br /><br />5 years later, she is at a good weight - she remembers to feed herself - she has what she can express as fun and happiness in her life - and she cannot speak. <br /><br />disAbilities in medical, educational, employment industries are *not* perceived as being as various as they truly are. instead one sweeping law, much like the Eugenics Movement showed those in western states at least, can kill numerous amounts of individuals.<br /><br />just something to add to thought.healing.free.from.judgementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107217901490174745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2958938668319162394.post-79943421073463400542011-01-18T18:46:05.935-05:002011-01-18T18:46:05.935-05:00I was actually considering the "right to Die&...I was actually considering the "right to Die" argument in relation to ableism while I was reading. More than the issue of whether someone would rather die than live with a disability is the issue that you cannot elect to die if your disability causes you constant pain. The happy Christian Right, generally white upper class society deciding that Dr. assisted suicide should be illegal based largely in biblical authority. My 92 year old grandmother, who's disability has her in constant pain with little relief short of being knocked unconscious for long periods of time. She actually sits around theorizing on how to take her life, seriously and the response of the medical community is to give her anti-depressants. Talk about social injustice, taking away a persons right to make decisions about their end of life care should be at the forefront of the health care debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com