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Better Dead than Disabled?

Posted by Hawaii Helps Disabilities on January 14, 2010 at 9:26 PM Comments comments (1)

Better Dead than Disabled?  

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 by Michael Cook 


When assisted suicide is legalised most of thepeople who will die are disabled. And American disability advocatestake a very dim view of it. This is the theme of a hard-hitting seriesof articles in the latest issue of the Disability and Health Journal.

 

The editor, Suzanne McDermott, of the U...

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White House Releases National Disability Awareness Proclimation

Posted by Hawaii Helps Disabilities on October 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM Comments comments (3)

by David Morrison

On Wednesday President Obama released the National Proclamation declaring the month of October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. A portion of the statements reads:


Each day, Americans with disabilities play a critical role inforging and shaping the identity of our Nation. Their contributions touch us all through personal experience or through that of a family member, neighbor, friend, or colleague. We grow stronger as a Nation when Americans f...

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