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Euthanasia and disabled children
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 119, September 1995, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Examines the issues in, and the media coverage surrounding, the case of Thomas Creedon, a severely disabled child whose parents are seeking the permission of the courts to cease feeding him. Argues that if we continue to view disabled children using the medical model whereby impairment is seen as 'defective' we promote prejudice and disablism and ultimately put all disabled adults and children at risk of widescale euthanasia.