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When a Life Becomes a Cost
CW: Naizism, Eugenics, & Death Eugenics is easy to recognize when it is historical. It becomes more difficult to recognize when the language changes. Most people think of eugenics as an antiquated belief, something relegated to museums and history books. Looking back, the moral lines can appear impossibly bright. We know the language and we…
What Happens When Care Is Not Safe
CW: Sexual Assault, Abuse & Neglect Needing another person to care for you can leave someone extremely vulnerable. For people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, caregivers enter the most ordinary and private parts of life—places most people rarely have to think about letting someone else enter. That tension sits at the center of a lawsuit…
The Child Behind the Benefits Statistic
There is something uncomfortable about the way we talk about disabled children when money enters the conversation. A child becomes a claimant. Their care becomes a cost. Their diagnosis becomes a potential financial incentive, something a parent might pursue because apparently there is money to be made in having a disabled child. Before long, the …
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