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Murder and Disability

January 29, 2018February 7, 2019

Two pieces: – Murder in Australia, with the killer treated sympathetically because the victims were disabled children. – A Jewish disabled person writes about Aktion T4, when the Nazis killed disabled people before they got around to killing others. This struck me especially hard: A reading of Hoche and Binding’s “Permitting the Destruction of Unworthy … Continue ReadingMurder and Disability

Philosophy, Disability, and The Stone (New York Times)

July 17, 2017February 7, 2019

I have a few requests ONE: I would like The Stone, the New York Times philosophy column, to sometimes publish philosophers who are disabled and write about the intersections of philosophy and disability rights from that perspective. At current time, they have published two essays on disability and philosophy, one advocating that perhaps developmentally disabled people who cannot … Continue ReadingPhilosophy, Disability, and The Stone (New York Times)

Superbaby and Eugenics: He called my daughter lightning

April 17, 2017February 7, 2019

The parent essay or memoir on discovering one’s child is not typical in some fashion is at once among the most common disability-related genre and one of the most difficult to do well. Of necessity, the essay has to move through ableist ideas about normality, encounter the challenges of having a disabled child, and then … Continue ReadingSuperbaby and Eugenics: He called my daughter lightning

Singer on Stubblefield

April 6, 2017February 7, 2019

A year ago I wrote on the case of Anna Stubblefield for the Los Angeles Review of Books. Here’s a long excerpt, stay with me: Michael Gill has just published Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency (University of Minnesota Press, 2015). Gill’s book emphasizes the prevalence of sexual ableism, a “denial of ability … Continue ReadingSinger on Stubblefield

Peter Singer: The Milo of Philosophers

February 28, 2017February 7, 2019

I’m not okay with #disability hate being confused with #science https://t.co/fgVSHyi3WC @Lollardfish @stevesilberman @RoseUnwin — Louise Kinross (@LouiseKinross) February 28, 2017 Thanks to Louise for alerting me to the Journal of Practical Ethics doing a glossy Q&A with Peter Singer. Singer is a bigot. Philosophy embraces him as a titan of the field, letting his ableism … Continue ReadingPeter Singer: The Milo of Philosophers

Sunday Roundup: Four Important Posts on Disability

November 1, 2015February 7, 2019

I finished a major corporate (disability-related) project this week and am hard at work on a major non-profit (disability-related) project now. That, plus teaching, plus the book, has slowed me down in terms of writing for mainstream media, but I trust that the depth of these bigger projects is more than worth it. In the … Continue ReadingSunday Roundup: Four Important Posts on Disability

Peter Singer’s Tells – He thinks his radical opinions on disability are just old news.

October 27, 2015February 7, 2019

Peter Singer came to town to talk about altruism for a humanities festival. Local disability activists (sadly not including me), picketed the event, and the Daily Northwestern covered it. In their interview with Singer, he revealed something new to me. Singer’s extreme utilitarian views has led him to argue many things with which I disagree (i.e. … Continue ReadingPeter Singer’s Tells – He thinks his radical opinions on disability are just old news.