http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/09/17/261/ Because just enough isn't good enough Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2007/09/17/261/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 David McDonald Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:25:55 +0000 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/?p=261#comment-1533 I believe that American society has many biases that would cause a person to prematurely decide they\'d rather die than live with a disability. If people were truly educated about life with a disability; back as far as elementary school, I\'m certain they would have much less of a negative view. You can see what I\'m saying daily. The media puts so much pressure on people to be physically \"perfect\" that we continue to see young women developing eating disorders in the hope that starving themselves will make them look \"hot\". Ideas and actions that are deemed to be less than perfect are labeled \"retarded\". People who use wheelchairs to get around are still called \"cripples\" and \"handicapped\" by society at large. Until we come to a place where we recognize people with disabilities as whole, worthy, capable, people, you can expect to see this same decision being made by people who suddenly find themselves unable to meet society\'s unrealistic expectations for what we should and should\'nt be like. I believe that American society has many biases that would cause a person to prematurely decide they\’d rather die than live with a disability.
If people were truly educated about life with a disability; back as far as elementary school, I\’m certain they would have much less of a negative view. You can see what I\’m saying daily.
The media puts so much pressure on people to be physically \”perfect\” that we continue to see young women developing eating disorders in the hope that starving themselves will make them look \”hot\”.
Ideas and actions that are deemed to be less than perfect are labeled \”retarded\”.
People who use wheelchairs to get around are still called \”cripples\” and \”handicapped\” by society at large.
Until we come to a place where we recognize people with disabilities as whole, worthy, capable, people, you can expect to see this same decision being made by people who suddenly find themselves unable to meet society\’s unrealistic expectations for what we should and should\’nt be like.

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