[Ohio-talk] Disabilities and their portrayal

[Kaiti Shelton]

Marianne, 

That is a good point too.  I was so mad about it that I didn't even think
about religion at that time, but that is another puzzling part of the
puzzle.  

Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton---2016
Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
Ohio Association of Blind Students, President 
NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma

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Furthermore, you attend a "Catholic" university.  I am Catholic and have
been taught by my church that all life is precious from the second of
conception to the second of death.  I know that is off this topic so I will
get back on.  I think it is wrong for anyone to try to understand how
another person feels.  Everyone has pain (physical or
emotional) in their lives.  If we let people end their lives because of pain
it is accepting suicide.  You did a great job in class today and I think it
was great that you spoke up and gave a different perspective.

On 1/30/14, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I made quite a stir in my medical ethics class this morning.  We were 
> asked to consider an example from our book, which concerned a 10 year 
> old boy who was according to the book having all these horrible issues 
> as a result of CP.  Some of the things the book claimed about this boy 
> were not characteristics of CP at all, and it even claimed that CP was 
> genetic itself rather than caused by complications.  The question was, 
> "Is it moral to kill Johnny via lethal injection to end his pain and 
> the suffering of his parents?"  I wasn't going to say anything at 
> first, but then I started questioning things.  Is it moral to kill 
> someone if you think they're in pain, but they don't have the autonomy 
> to tell you whether they are or not?
> Is it moral to kill a child when his parents are making the request?  
> Is it moral to make this decision without full and accurate knowledge 
> of what the condition really is?
>
>
>
> And you know what happened?  When I contradicted the book the 
> professor was first flustered, then when I started answering questions 
> with the knowledge I had he told me I was ahead of the curve, and 
> proceeded with his lecture, using the false information and pretenses 
> the book provided.  I was shocked.
> This is a class of pre-med majors (and me who is the only non-medical 
> specific person in the class), and it boggled me that this sort of 
> stuff would be fed to the next generation of doctors, dietitions, 
> exercise scientists, etc.  I know this is just an undergraduate class, 
> but shouldn't doctors always take a patient-centered approach, or a 
> human-centered approach for that matter?  And I'm reminded of "The 
> Right to Live in the World," and how what that speech says applies to 
> this situation.  The misinformation in my bioethics textbook only 
> substantiates the claim that people with disabilities lead miserable 
> or terribly painful lives, and that misninformation in the minds and 
> hands of future doctors is a scary thing to me.
>
>
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd continue discussion on this topic with others 
> who will get it.  I'm sorry if I ranted a little; I got a little 
> passionate on this issue.
>
>
>
> Kaiti Shelton
>
> University of Dayton---2016
>
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
>
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
>
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
>
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
>
>
>
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053

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