--A guest post by KWombles.
Another disabled person denied a transplant because of his disability. Another petition in hopes of changing the hospital's decision (go sign it, please).
After the last time, with Mia Rivera (click
on her name to read the good news that her mother will get to give Mia a
kidney), the disability community came out in full force to support the
Rivera family, and it's happening again, thankfully, with blogger after
blogger writing about Paul Corby's story.
Will this outpouring of outrage make the same kind of difference this
time? We can hope. But one thing's certain, if we don't, as a community,
come out strongly and forcefully for families going through this kind
of discrimination, it will never end, never stop, and it will be someone
we know and love.
Yes, resources are often deemed "scarce" and the costs of
transplantation are high, but people have intrinsic value, and autism
and other related disorders SHOULD NEVER BE the determining factor as to
whether a person gets on the transplant list.
For other bloggers covering this, please see the feeds on the autism blogs directory.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Bringing Garbage Home
Some people up the street were throwing this table away. It was in pretty bad shape and one of the legs was off. I've glued the leg back...
-
http://www.miamiherald.com/367/story/256844.html How dare he "prefer" a Christian for President... You would think that he persona...
-
In one of his classes, Emperor had only a couple friends because "the rest of the people are jerks and say nasty things to me." A...
-
Maybe my bloggy friend Virginia has seen a six and a half-foot tall curly-top kid driving about in a grey car with Missouri license plates s...
I've signed the petition and would urge others to do the same! Your signature does not have to be public.
ReplyDeleteI signed this when it circulated on a friends Fb page. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDelete