Here is a list of top disability rights news stories from 2006, I would like to share. (Thanks to the Inclusion Daily Express)
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/top2006.htm
Showing posts with label disability rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability rights. Show all posts
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Today is a national holiday, recognizing the contributions of Martin Luther King, Jr. to peace, freedom and Civil Rights. A lot of people think the civil rights era is long gone--ancient history. But there are those who keep the flame of civil rights and non-violent activism alive and well in the disability and activism communities.
Click on some of the links, and learn a bit more about MLK and what you can do to promote peace and justice at home.
Click on some of the links, and learn a bit more about MLK and what you can do to promote peace and justice at home.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Disability Community is Taking Action on the Ashley Treatment!
ACTION ALERT! STOP THE ASHLEY TREATMENT!
BACKGROUND:
Ashley is a nine-year-old with a severe cognitive disability. In order to keep her small and more easily cared for by her family, doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital are having her undergo hormone “therapy” to stunt her growth. In addition, they surgically removed her breast buds, uterus and appendix. The “Ashley Treatment,” as her parents call it, is a medical “fix” to serious social problems we face in America today.
The first of these problems is a lack of quality home-based services for people with disabilities. The second is the social attitude that people with disabilities are less than human and therefore fair game for experimentation. The third is a lack of understanding of disability vs. illness: as Joe Hall of South Carolina has stated, “When I was born my parents knew that I would never walk, but they would have never thought it would be acceptable to cut my legs off.” Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), with the support of Chicago ADAPT, the national ADAPT community and Not Dead Yet, urges you to speak out about the “Ashley Treatment.”Our Targets: Seattle Children’s Hospital staff involved in the case of nine-year-old Ashley’s growth attenuation and sterilization, as well as Melinda Gates, chair of the Seattle Children’s Hospital fundraising committee and Susan Macek, Director of Communications for Seattle Children’s Hospital. We need to let the Seattle Children’s Hospital and its fundraising chairperson know that the Ashley Treatment has not gone unnoticed by those of us who live with disabilities.
ACTION:
Email OR Call the people below.
Tell them to:
-Oppose their permission of what is now known as the “Ashley Treatment,” and
-Condemn further permission of such “treatments” for children with disabilities.
Dr. Douglas DiekemaPhone: 206-987-2380B-5520 – Emergency Medicine4800 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98105Fax: (206) 987-3836E-mail: Douglas.diekema@seattlechildrens.org
Dr. Daniel F. GuntherPhone: (206) 987-2380M1-3 – Endocrinology4800 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98105Fax: (206) 987-3836E-mail: Dan.gunther@seattlechildrens.org
Melinda GatesPO Box 23350Seattle, WA 98102Phone: (206) 709-3100Fax: (206) 709-3252Email: info@gatesfoundation.org
Susan MacekDirector of Communications, Seattle Children’s HospitalPhone: (206) 987-5201Pager: (206) 469-6310E-mail: susan.macek@seattlechildrens.org
OTHER INFORMATION
To review Ashley’s parents’ blog, please see:http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/
To review other articles on this topic, please see:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6229799.stmhttp://www.dredf.org/news/in_news.shtml
BACKGROUND:
Ashley is a nine-year-old with a severe cognitive disability. In order to keep her small and more easily cared for by her family, doctors at Seattle Children’s Hospital are having her undergo hormone “therapy” to stunt her growth. In addition, they surgically removed her breast buds, uterus and appendix. The “Ashley Treatment,” as her parents call it, is a medical “fix” to serious social problems we face in America today.
The first of these problems is a lack of quality home-based services for people with disabilities. The second is the social attitude that people with disabilities are less than human and therefore fair game for experimentation. The third is a lack of understanding of disability vs. illness: as Joe Hall of South Carolina has stated, “When I was born my parents knew that I would never walk, but they would have never thought it would be acceptable to cut my legs off.” Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), with the support of Chicago ADAPT, the national ADAPT community and Not Dead Yet, urges you to speak out about the “Ashley Treatment.”Our Targets: Seattle Children’s Hospital staff involved in the case of nine-year-old Ashley’s growth attenuation and sterilization, as well as Melinda Gates, chair of the Seattle Children’s Hospital fundraising committee and Susan Macek, Director of Communications for Seattle Children’s Hospital. We need to let the Seattle Children’s Hospital and its fundraising chairperson know that the Ashley Treatment has not gone unnoticed by those of us who live with disabilities.
ACTION:
Email OR Call the people below.
Tell them to:
-Oppose their permission of what is now known as the “Ashley Treatment,” and
-Condemn further permission of such “treatments” for children with disabilities.
Dr. Douglas DiekemaPhone: 206-987-2380B-5520 – Emergency Medicine4800 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98105Fax: (206) 987-3836E-mail: Douglas.diekema@seattlechildrens.org
Dr. Daniel F. GuntherPhone: (206) 987-2380M1-3 – Endocrinology4800 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98105Fax: (206) 987-3836E-mail: Dan.gunther@seattlechildrens.org
Melinda GatesPO Box 23350Seattle, WA 98102Phone: (206) 709-3100Fax: (206) 709-3252Email: info@gatesfoundation.org
Susan MacekDirector of Communications, Seattle Children’s HospitalPhone: (206) 987-5201Pager: (206) 469-6310E-mail: susan.macek@seattlechildrens.org
OTHER INFORMATION
To review Ashley’s parents’ blog, please see:http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com/
To review other articles on this topic, please see:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6229799.stmhttp://www.dredf.org/news/in_news.shtml
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