[Ohio-talk] Disabilities and their portrayal

[COLLEEN ROTH]

Hi Kaiti,
I forgot that you attended a Catholic University.
I am also Catholic. I would suggest that you make the people in charge who sponsor the university aware of this ati-Catholic teaching.
This is really over the top for a Catholic Institution of Higher Learning.
Somebody has dropped the ball and isn't monitoring the professors very well.
You might also want to contact the Bishop in that diocese.

If you don't want to do that I am sure you could find someone who would be happy to do this and leave your name out of it.
Respect for Life is right up there in Catholic Theology.
You were right to peak up.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Marianne Denning <marianne at denningweb.com>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014 1:30 pm
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Disabilities and their portrayal

>
>
> 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
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