Last Thursday, I was having a discussion with Arda, mainly on studying and leisure (holiday arrangements and such). All my thought-out holiday possibilities appear not to be able to go on, so it frustrates me quite a bit. In one sense, I want to do something more than do my housekeeping and hang around online [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Lots of Thoughts on Blindness and My Situation afterr Listening to an Interview with a Blind High School Graduate
Posted in Blindness, Personal on July 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I was just reading an audio magazine for visually impaired young people and found an interview in it with a visually impaired guy who just graduated from the same type of high school I went to and is planning on studying biotechnology at Wageningen University. I knew the guy from that college preparation course I [...]
Yet Another Autistic Murdered
Posted in Autism, Disability Advocacy, Pro-Life on July 16, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I found out that another autistic was murdered by his father last Friday. It is by far not the first case – Joel Smith has a whole list of cases -, but it still shocks me and it shocks me all the more cause there will probably be people who would’ve sympathized with the father [...]
Thoughts and Feelings about a Case of “Wrongful Life”
Posted in Disability Advocacy, Pro-Life on July 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I just found out about another “wrongful life” case. “Wrongful life” is where a parent sues doctors because their child with disabilities should not have lived. We had one of these cases a few years back, where a girl named Kelly was born with multiple, severe disabilities while the parents would’ve had her aborted if [...]
