On AlterNet: disabilities
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "disabilities"
PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2008.
Charlatan traumatizes family, disrupts school.
Alessandra Djurklou, Sirens Magazine. May 14, 2007.
The media rarely portray the disabled as sexy. Brave, yes. Melancholy, sure. Angry about their lot, check. One woman shares her story of dating while disabled.
Prema Polit, AlterNet. April 11, 2007.
In an attempt to cut costs, Medicare has been denying coverage of power wheelchairs to people with disabilities who can't leave home without them.
Patricia Williams, The Nation. March 28, 2007.
The parents of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries. Though their decision was made out of love, this case raises too many troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy to withhold judgment.
