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I will just be blubbering in the corner for the remainder of the day. I just presented about ableism and Bill C-7 at Grand Rounds at Western University and I could not have asked for a better reaction from the physicians.
They asked all the right questions and cared deeply.
They asked all the right questions and cared deeply.
I mean I am also very pleased with their reaction on a political level but I can't express how meaningful the last two hours were for me on a personal level.
I was so scared going in. I was sure they were going to dismiss me or be defensive but not at all.
I was so scared going in. I was sure they were going to dismiss me or be defensive but not at all.
And listen, I assure you I did not hold back. I laid out the history of ableism, eugenics, institutionalization, sterilization and exclusion and put it all on their doorstep -
'This belongs to the medical profession. This is you.'
'This belongs to the medical profession. This is you.'
The title of my talk was "Better dead than disabled is not good medical advice."
Doctors were asking *me* what they should do!!
Doctors asking a crip who identified herself as living in poverty, for advice.
Pinch me.
Doctors asking a crip who identified herself as living in poverty, for advice.
Pinch me.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to work with the physician who invited me.
She gave me free rein to present whatever I wanted. Did not ask to see my presentation beforehand. No censoring at all and it was her who they had invited not me. She just gave me some of her time.
She gave me free rein to present whatever I wanted. Did not ask to see my presentation beforehand. No censoring at all and it was her who they had invited not me. She just gave me some of her time.
I knew that she would cover a lot about the actual bill so I decided my presentation would attempt to give them a historical and theoretical foundation for my opinions on the bill which I gave at the end. Anyway, there is power in crip history & analysis. It's not me.
To all the bad crips past and present 
I think the Canadian Senate is about to get a whole lot more letters about Bill C-7.
