I’m shocked. I live in the Netherlands, I am pro-life, and yet I was not aware of this until now: infant euthanasia was legalized here in 2006! It doesn’t make a real difference in a sense, in that the so-called Groningen protocol – by which children under age twelve years with severe disabilities can be [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Shock: Infant Euthanasia Has Been Legal Here for Two Years
Posted in Disability Advocacy, Pro-Life on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sense and Nnsense of Treatment and Educational Plans
Posted in Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare, Rehab, Special Education, Training Home on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, there’s a lot of discussion about Individualized Educational Plans (IEPs) on one of the mailing lists I belong to. This discussion used to make me jealous, because, in the Netherlands, educational programming for students with disabilities may formally be based on a plan, but the plan is rarely followed and often, the student or [...]
Cynical List of Things I Learned in a Year in the Psychiatric Hospital
Posted in Disability Advocacy, Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare on November 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today is my hospitalization anniversary. Oh well, it could be yesterday, since I had my crisis on November 2, but hours on the police station waiting for the community physician and then the psychiatric crisis service people to see me and then more hours waiting for transportation, delayed my hospitalization to around 2:30 AM November [...]
