Posts by Hilary Stace
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I mean that is why we need to speak out at little bits of injustice, such as Mojo M's access to parliamentary debates, before they become big and systemic and into the territory of 'lives unworthy of life', 'useless eaters' and the ordinary citizens get carried along by the torrent.
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Hard News: This Is Not A Complicated Issue, in reply to Sacha,
It all happened with the support of ordinary citizens. That is why we need to speak out.
Has an interesting angle re autism too. In the early 1940s Asperger was working with a group of children in Vienna and desribed a strength based condition emphasising abilities, probably because he was aware of the dangers to disabled children at the time. Meanwhile Austrian expat Kanner was working in Baltimore with a similar group of children but seeing something much more negative. Kanner's autism and Aspergers have come down to us as opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Hard News: This Is Not A Complicated Issue, in reply to Sacha,
Agreed.
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Southerly: Deconstruction and Construction, in reply to Bart Janssen,
I'm sorry Bart but I don't actually know anything about spa pools. I'm with David on their desirability. I do know it is a family business of very nice people who do very good customer service: Auckland, Tauranga and Alexandra and possibly other places too.
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Oops poster did not post. Trying again
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I found this poster shocking the first time I saw it. But it is where we might be heading if the economics of disability are allowed to dominate the narrative - eg 'worthless eaters'.
This German poster shows a disabled person and a clinician and reads
‘This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community 60,000 Reichsmark during his life time. Fellow Germans, that is your money too.’
(From R.L. Wagoner ‘Speaking for the unfit’ http://weradaexperts.com/kruppel.pdf)
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Hard News: This Is Not A Complicated Issue, in reply to Sacha,
Sacha, this paper of Martin's is one of the best I've read on disability and language use (but not online)
Sullivan, M (2000) 'Does it say what we mean, do we mean what it says, do we know what we are saying? Problematising the way disability is conceptualised, written and spoken about.' New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies, 8:36-46.
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Unlikely. They are from Dunedin where that sort of thing doesn't happen. But I know the spa pool business is tough at the moment, so they need good publicity. (Sundance spas by the way)
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My son's dearly loved uncles and cousins run a spa pool family business - including in the south island. Don't knock them
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Graeme - I would have thought that the UN Convention, ratified by New Zealand in 2008 at the same time as the NZ Disability Act was passed, provides a legal and ethical imperative for the Government to do more than just subsidise her parliamentary participation.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 1 - PurposeThe purpose of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.
Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. (United Nations, 2006)
New Zealand Disability Strategy (2001)
Underpinning the New Zealand Disability Strategy is a vision of a fully inclusive society. New Zealand will be inclusive when people with impairments can say they live in:A society that highly values our lives and continually enhances our full participation.
