from a comment left by Andrea over at We Can Do
Jerry Lewis, the man who runs the annual Telethon to raise money for people with muscular dystrophy in the US is about to receive a humanitarian award. Many people in the disability community is protesting this award because they feel that Jerry perpetuates and entrenches negative, harmful stereotypes toward people with disabilities. More about the petition campaign at: http://www.petitiononline.com/jlno2009/petition.html
There is also a Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40538392681
Showing posts with label petition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label petition. Show all posts
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Petition to create AMA Disability Advisory Committee
Online petition - Creation of an AMA Disability Advisory Committee
"Numerous recent medical cases, such as the growth attenuation treatment given to Ashley, underscore this urgency. It is imperative that the disability rights perspective of people with disabilities is formally represented in the structure of the AMA so as to minimize the likelihood that similar mistakes, breaches in the law, will happen in the future.
Please sign it and circulate it as widely as you can. And as quickly as you can. The AMA will hold its annual meeting in Chicago on Thursday, and we would like to present the petition to them on this day.
Thank you in advance, for your help.
Linda Edwards
FRIDA"
"Numerous recent medical cases, such as the growth attenuation treatment given to Ashley, underscore this urgency. It is imperative that the disability rights perspective of people with disabilities is formally represented in the structure of the AMA so as to minimize the likelihood that similar mistakes, breaches in the law, will happen in the future.
Please sign it and circulate it as widely as you can. And as quickly as you can. The AMA will hold its annual meeting in Chicago on Thursday, and we would like to present the petition to them on this day.
Thank you in advance, for your help.
Linda Edwards
FRIDA"
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
A Statement of Solidarity for the Dignity of People With Disabilities: A Petition in reaction to the Ashley Treatment
click above to check out and sign a petition dealing with the Ashley Treatment.
It begins:
"We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are in agreement that the growth attenuation therapy administered to the little girl known as Ashley is an affront to her human dignity, and to that of all people with disabilities. Despite the good intentions of both her parents and the doctors who have treated her in accordance with their wishes, we condemn these medical procedures and declare that it is never ethically acceptable to medically alter a human being for the benefit of caregivers. Such unnecessary medical procedures without therapeutic indications demean the essential humanity of the person undergoing them and of all people with similar disabilities...."
and it ends with:
" People with disabilities are not the problem. The real issue is the lack of support, care, and help from our social, medical, and civil establishments for Ashley's parents and for all those who care for people with disabilities. Yes, it is expensive. But the alternative is morally and ethically unacceptable in a society that honors life and human dignity. We call on our fellow citizens, our government, and our medical establishment to treat people with disabilities as people, not as problems. We stand together and demand that doctors and social service agencies never again use medicine to strip someone of their humanity through medical procedures like the "Ashley Treatment," and call on our legislators to pass laws that codify the right of people with disabilities to their integrity as people. "
Go over and check out the whole thing.
It begins:
"We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, are in agreement that the growth attenuation therapy administered to the little girl known as Ashley is an affront to her human dignity, and to that of all people with disabilities. Despite the good intentions of both her parents and the doctors who have treated her in accordance with their wishes, we condemn these medical procedures and declare that it is never ethically acceptable to medically alter a human being for the benefit of caregivers. Such unnecessary medical procedures without therapeutic indications demean the essential humanity of the person undergoing them and of all people with similar disabilities...."
and it ends with:
" People with disabilities are not the problem. The real issue is the lack of support, care, and help from our social, medical, and civil establishments for Ashley's parents and for all those who care for people with disabilities. Yes, it is expensive. But the alternative is morally and ethically unacceptable in a society that honors life and human dignity. We call on our fellow citizens, our government, and our medical establishment to treat people with disabilities as people, not as problems. We stand together and demand that doctors and social service agencies never again use medicine to strip someone of their humanity through medical procedures like the "Ashley Treatment," and call on our legislators to pass laws that codify the right of people with disabilities to their integrity as people. "
Go over and check out the whole thing.
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