boost: Andrew Pulrang on Health Care Triage and Disabled People

[jesse_the_k]

AndrewPulrang always makes me think with his posts pondering disability issues. Lots to love at his blog, https://www.disabilitythinking.com

In the last month, he’s been posting a lot at Forbes on the intersection of disability, bigotry, and COVID-19

A long-time, low-grade worry for people with disabilities has become a red alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Most disabled people at one time or another worry that we and our so-called “special needs” will be seen as too much trouble, too much of a burden, or too difficult a problem to be worth the effort.

It’s the kind of worry where every time you express it, people passionately deny it. And if you repeat your concern, they even get a bit angry at you because obviously you are just looking for something to be worried and angry about.

full column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewpulrang/2020/03/30/the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-settling-some-old-arguments-about-ableism/#54c2b4405ba5

Comments

[cynthia1960]

Thank you for the link.