DISABILITIES

US study says assisted suicide laws rife with dangers to people with disabilities

Michael Cook | 13 October 2019 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, disabilities, euthanasia, united states

People will be forced to take a low-cost option, National Council on Disability warns

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Kids with Trisomy 13 and 18 can have good quality of life

Michael Cook | 27 August 2016 | Comments

tags: disabilities, end-of-life care, trisomy 13, trisomy 18

JAMA says that the consensus was wrong

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Antipsychotic drugs given to children with disabilities

Xavier Symons | 05 September 2015 | Comments

tags: disabilities, informed consent, mental illness

Research in the British Medical Journal has revealed that people with intellectual disabilities are routinely being given antipsychotic drugs to treat disruptive behaviour.

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Whose autonomy is respected in Belgium?

Michael Cook | 31 August 2013 | Comments

tags: autonomy, Belgium, disabilities

Opponents of euthanasia in Belgium are highlighting the state of disability services there

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Man sentenced to life in prison says killing daughter was “right thing to do”

Jared Yee | 25 February 2011 | Comments

tags: disabilities, mercy killing

Killed his 12-year-old disabled daughter

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Boy, 3, born missing part of his brain, baffles doctors

Jared Yee | 25 February 2011 | Comments

tags: disabilities

Boy defies all expectations

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“Ashley treatment” is ethical, says committee

Michael Cook | 04 December 2010 | Comments

tags: Ashley treatment, disabilities, growth attentuation

Growth attenuation can be a solution for some children

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Future looks bleak for ageing US adults with intellectual disabilities

Michael Cook | 09 July 2010 | Comments

tags: ageing population, disabilities, Down syndrome

Doctors poorly trained to care for them, says JAMA