ISSUES ON DISABILITIES
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People with Down Syndrome have a different view of life. They seem to be able to detect the essential elements of life, and by their frankness and lack of social niceties they can cut through many formalities, disarm us from our prejudice and get to the heart of relationships. Jean Vanier, taking a person with Down's Syndrome to a wide beach in France, asked him to
draw a picture of joy in the sand. This person responded, "the beach is not big enough."
Eugenics and Down's
Syndrome Philip G. Ney, MD,
FRANZCP, RPsych ,Marie A. Peeters, MD
Feb. 2007 ALS:
Dal neurosurgeon discovers spinal cord system
Findings provide
valuable knowledge to spinal researchers searching for cures
. . ."The
discovery of this system has significant implications for how doctors and
researchers understand and treat diseases such as ALS or injuries to the
human spinal cord. . . ."
DRUG FOR LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE BUYS TIME, WHICH PATIENTS SAY IS "VITAL" TIME;
WARNING FROM UK, CHILDREN UNDER 18, AT RISK FOR TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS'
Mind Control Tool Operating System (New device): Information on MCTOS TEST: communication alternatives for patients who have brain injuries or are potentially paralyzed. Success stories reported for those with ALS, Cerebral Palsy, and Rett Syndrome
Julia Roberts, narrates and is featured in the program, SILENT ANGELS ... Julia, made the decision to help raise public awareness of Rett Syndrome when she met a little girl with the disease named Abigail Brodsky. All it took was one smile, and Julia became involved. Ms. Roberts is featured in the film alongside Abigail.
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In 1983, reflecting on the possible outcome of the debate, Daniel Callahan, then director of the Hastings Center, wrote that"...a denial of nutrition, may, in the long run, become the only effective way to make certain that a large number of biologically tenacious patients actually die." He further predicted, "Given the increasingly large pool of superannuated, chronically ill, physically marginal elderly, it could well become the nontreatment of choice." He noted, however, that there still was a "deep-seated revulsion" to withholding or withdrawing food from patients. Daniel Callahan
"Health care is concerned with life and should never have anything to do with hastening or causing death. . . . Each person is special, unique and unrepeatable." Dr Paul Bryne
Dylan Walborn IN MEMORIAL "Little Dylan Walborn, Broomfield, Colorado, was a victim of America’s “mercy-killing,” euthanasia movement. Judged better off dead by Denver’s Children’s Hospital, Porter Hospice, a Denver social worker, Dylan's public school teachers, and the Denver Post, four-year-old Dylan was starved to death over a period of twenty-four days." This child like Terri Schiavo, was legally murdered - yet few people have ever heard of him. He suffered 10 more days than Terri - a cruel slow death, and no one will be punished for making him die. We know if there was a puppy or dog named Dylan, thousands of people would be begging to adopt it, and charged the owners with cruelty. Here, no one was vilified. In true mercy and compassion, please God, may not another child be starved and dehydrated to death like Dylan. Cheryl Eckstein (A series of other articles are included on this page)
Mental Incapacity Bill Dr P J Howard why this Bill is so dangerous
Man's trial for mother's death begins
Chelsea had Rett Syndrome. Her mother attempted suicide after poisoning her daughter to death . . . . Chelsea Craig "For us, she was just a delightful child who wanted to learn and develop and grow and was open to all kinds of new things . . . Our eyes light up when we think of her" Darlene Berringer, director of Giant Steps school in Westmount." Also on this page, Katie Lynn Baker. Katie Lynn was only 10 years old when her mother claimed she wanted to die. Katie had Rhett Syndrome. (RS) The coroner ruled her death a homicide. The criminal justice branch of the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney-General released its report in December 1999, stating that it will not be laying charges because "there is no likelihood of conviction." The ruling on Katie Lynn’s death may be the most foreboding of all decisions relating to so-called mercy killing in Canada. Also on this page - A most appalling and alarming made for television movie was released in 2002, called Society’s Child. It is based on the story of Katie Lynn Baker.... more .... A most appalling and alarming made for television movie was released in 2002, called Society’s Child. It is based on the story of Katie Lynn Baker. Dick Sobsey describes the film as providing “the most biased and unapologetic endorsement for killing children with disabilities of any ever produced.”
True Story Of The Murder Of A Child - By Dick Sobsey. a must read
Mentally Retarded Don't Belong on Death Row
Anguish over right-to-live baby case Edwards syndrome is a chromosome abnormality also known as Trisomy 18. Mother of Nine-month-old Luke Winston-Jones, from Holyhead, north Wales, has been told told the treatment he has been receiving may abruptly end.
HARRY MIDDLETON
They wanted his organs by Cheryl Eckstein, Editor, CHN
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD COREY BROWN, DISABLED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, DIES HAVING
BEEN DENIED CPR;
When children become disposable By Dr. Kelly Holloway
Doctors told to let baby Charlotte die
Father pleads with judge for his child's right to live
Parents fight medics over right to let baby die
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BCACL Euthanasia Policy 1. BCACL does not support the legalization of euthanasia. 2. BCACL does not support the creation of a lesser category of murder for "mercy killing" under the Criminal Code. Read more ... In The Matter of Stephen Dawson ... Robert Latimer.
RANT OF A MAN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY by ROBERT CHRISTIE
MARK PICKUP Disability activist who has MS Due to the high volume of articles by Mark Pickup, CHN is pleased to refer you to his own blog/web page
Unspeakable Conversations by HARRIET McBRYDE JOHNSON, a Lawyer and disability activist "My host is Prof. Peter Singer, often called -- and not just by his book publicist -- the most influential philosopher of our time. He is the man who wants me dead."
STEPHEN HAWKINGS SPEAKS ABOUT HIS LIFE WITH A.L.S.
DAVID JAYNE HAS A.L.S., The Tin Man's Heart
A.L.S. Lving for today, locked in a paralyzed body
Death by "choking" is a myth for Lou Gehrig's disease In a phone conversation and letter, Dr Cicely Saunders tells Cheryl Eckstein, president of CHN that patients with ALS can die comfortably without a doctor hastening their death.
Terri Schiavo: It's Not Just About Terri Any More by David Jayne.
Why 'Million Dollar Baby' infuriates the disabled
WANTS TO ALERT THOSE LIVING IN HAWAII, CALIFORNIA, VIRGINIA OR THE ATLANTA AREA - WHO NEED HELP FROM A ' NON-INVASIVE BRAIN COMPUTER ' TO CONTACT HIM ...ROY SLATER, KNOWS FIRST HAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE WITH A.L.S.
Why Disability Rights Movements Do Not Support Euthanasia: Safeguards Broken Beyond Repair By Dr.Gregor Wolbring
HIKARI FINDS HIS VOICE BY DICK SOBSEY
PROPER AND DIGNIFIED CARE SOUGHT FOR DISABLED
REDUCING THE RISK OF SUICIDE IDEATION BY MANAGING PAIN AND TREATING UNDERLYING DEPRESSION Barbara Rubel, MA, CBS, CPBC
Not Dead Yet protests euthanasia conference at Harvard
Latimer appeal welcomed by disabled
DYING FOR RELIEF by Cheryl Eckstein
LINKS
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - This is a very touching one minute video that is a must see. ALS is not an immediate death sentence - see also our page on Stephen Hawking and David Jayne
Death by "choking" is a myth for Lou Gehrig's disease
To live - or not to live by Sandra Paterson
To live - or not to live by Sandra Paterson
Be sure to visit CHN's LINK PAGE for information and sites helpful to this subject
Other Links
Euthanasia, ethics, and public policy: An Argument Against Legalisation
International Disability Rights News Service http://www.InclusionDaily.com
Hungering and Thirsting After Righteousness: Providing Nutrition and Hydration to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State— Moving Beyond the Problems Toward a Christian Response Cindy Province R.N., M.S.N. The Condition of the Persistent Vegetative State
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - This is a very touching one minute video that is a must see. ALS is not an immediate death sentence - see also our page on Stephen Hawking and David Jayne
History of euthanasia in Canada, Part I by Cheryl
Eckstein, Compassionate Healthcare Network CHN:
For The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's
Euthanasia Symposium November 31 ~ December 1, 2007 Toronto Ontario, Canada:
This is the long version of a talk I gave but
with more information and links
Please note: This is a link to the very abbreviated version of my talk without links, but exactly as delivered in Toronto: History of euthanasia in Canada, Part I by Cheryl Eckstein, Compassionate Healthcare Network CHN: For The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's Euthanasia Symposium November 31 ~ December 1, 2007 Toronto Ontario, Canada
History of euthanasia in Canada, Part II by Cheryl
Eckstein, Compassionate Healthcare Network CHN:
For The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition's
Euthanasia Symposium November 31 ~ December 1, 2007 Toronto Ontario, Canada:
This page includes a CHRONOLOGY OF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT BILLS and
ad rem information with links. This is an important part of the history
of euthanasia in Canada, but includes useful links to other
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