This book reveals the stigma attached to disabled persons in Canadian society and continues the debate surrounding Robert Latimer and Tracy Latimer. A Voice Unheard shows the positive options for Canadians with disabilities and reveals the opinion held by many people with disabilities that death was not Tracy Latimer’s only option.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 362.4/0971
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-sn
- ISBN
- 9781459323469 9781552660140
- LCCN
- HV1559.C2
- LCCN Item number
- E56 1999eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaNSHD
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (176 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00212269 (OCoLC)288055300 (CaOOCEL)412892
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- A Voice Unheard 1
- Fernwood Publishing 3
- A Voice Unheard 3
- The Latimer Case and People with Disabilities 3
- Ruth Enns 3
- Contents 5
- Dedication 6
- Acknowledgements 7
- Introduction 8
- Tracy on Trial 9
- The Investigation 26
- The First Trial Atmosphere 27
- The Second Trial 28
- The Second Sentence 29
- Pain Suffering Mutilation and Disability 30
- Feeding Tubes 33
- Constant Pain 33
- Surgery Bane or Benefit 35
- Life Expectancy 35
- Tracys Weight Loss 36
- A Humane Death 37
- Language 38
- Weaknesses in Defence Unchallenged 39
- Whose Advocate was Laura 40
- Latimer As Model Father 41
- Robert Who 42
- Phobia 42
- Sympathy or Justice 42
- Tracy Latimer an Epitaph 45
- Notes 47
- The Media Trial 48
- The Starting Point 48
- From Assisted Suicide to Mercy Killing 51
- A Negative Bias 52
- Dispensing News 53
- Headlines and Content 55
- Language 58
- Structure 60
- Sources 61
- Tunnel Vision 62
- Improvements 63
- What Should Have Been 65
- Notes 68
- Coming Out of the Attic 71
- A Brief History of Disabled Peoples Activism 71
- A Deadly Pecking Order 72
- Charity 74
- Institutions 76
- The Western Medical and Rehabilitation Systems 78
- Advocacy for Disabled People 81
- Real ChangeSelf Awareness 81
- Organizing in Canada 85
- A National Voice 86
- National Members of 87
- An International Voice 88
- Membership and Influence 89
- Language Naming Themselves 90
- Finances 92
- Achievements 93
- The Job Ahead 96
- Notes 98
- Living with Disability 100
- Attitudes Toward Persons with Disabilities 101
- The Stewarts 104
- Pat Sisco 109
- Scapegoating Anger and Hostility 110
- Fitting In 113
- The Simpsons 115
- Cateland Penner 117
- More Ignorance and Prejudice 118
- The End of Compassion 119
- David Martin 120
- Disability Medical Intervention and Daily Living Alternatives 121
- Far from Utopia 123
- Notes 124
- Caring for a Disabled Child 125
- Parenting Doing the Best You Can with What You Have 129
- Constant Grieving and Adjustment 131
- Parents as Attentive Observers 133
- Knowing Their Place 135
- Supportive Homes and Communities 140
- A Supportive Attitude 142
- Notes 144
- Another Look 145
- The Line in the Sand 145
- A Third Scenario 149
- Monster or Care-Giver 154
- Justice for Robert Latimer 156
- Justice for Tracy Latimer 160
- Disability and the Law 161
- Quality of Life 162
- End-of-Life Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia 162
- The Value of Human Life 164
- Disabled People in the Future 165
- Notes 165
- Appendix 166
- Glossary of Disability Organizations Acronyms 171
- References 172
- Interviews 175
- About the Author 176
