Prenatal politics: fetal surgery, abortion and disability rights in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Tanfer Emin Tunc
2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ravi Malhotra

In this paper, I explore the still evolving jurisprudence with respect to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [CRPD] in Canada and the United States. I argue that the Canadian disability rights movement has always been open to insights from international law. Although the 1990 passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] has had an impact internationally as other countries enact similar legislation, the CRPD, which the United States Senate has yet to ratify, has played a marginal role to date in American courts. It remains to be seen if a more robust judicial dialogue can be fostered between the CRPD and domestic courts in both countries. Dans le présent document, j’explore la jurisprudence toujours en évolution au sujet de l’application de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées [CDPH] au Canada et aux États‑Unis. Je soutiens que le mouvement canadien de défense des droits des handicapés a toujours été ouvert aux points de vue émanant du droit international. Bien que l’adoption, en 1990, de la loi clé intitulée Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] ait eu des répercussions à l’échelle internationale, puisque d’autres pays ont adopté des lois similaires, la CDPH, que le Sénat américain n’a pas encore ratifiée, a joué un rôle marginal jusqu’à maintenant devant les tribunaux américains. Il reste à déterminer s’il est possible de promouvoir un dialogue judiciaire plus vigoureux entre les organes qui appliquent la CDPH et les tribunaux nationaux des deux pays. 


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 464-488
Author(s):  
Scot Danforth

Ed Roberts was a renowned activist considered to be one of the founding leaders of the American disability rights movement. Although he engaged in numerous political strategies, his main form of activism was teaching in his prolific public speaking career across the United States and around the world. The content and methods of his pedagogy were crafted from his own personal experiences as a disabled man. His teaching featured autobiographic selections from his own life in which he fought and defeated forces of oppression and discrimination. This article examines Roberts’ disability rights teaching in relation to the experiential sources, political content, and teaching techniques.


2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joo Young Hong

This paper presents the perception and associated experiences of a Korean hard-of-hearing immigrant special education researcher as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded. These experiences include the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans; increasing evidence that face coverings are a vital public health tool; the knowledge that face coverings can increase the risk of racist violence; and difficulty communicating with people who are wearing most face coverings due to being hard-of-hearing. It provides supportive resources, strategies, and hope for educators, disability rights advocates, and families of individuals who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing, promoting public awareness and embrace of difference.


Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily D. Stones ◽  
Craig A. Meyer

This article posits that disability activists routinely present a disability “ethos of invention” as central to the reformation of an ableist society. Dominant societal approaches to disability injustice, such as rehabilitation, accessibility, and inclusion, may touch upon the concept of invention; but, with ethotic discourse, we emphasize disability as generative and adept at producing new ways of knowing and being in the world. We identify an “ethos of invention” as driving early resistance to socially constructed “normalcy”, leading the push for cross-disability alliances to incorporate intersectional experiences and propelling the discursive move from inclusion to social justice. Through our partial re-telling of disability rights history, we articulate invention as central to it and supporting its aims to affirm disability culture, reform society through disabled perspectives and values, and promote people with disabilities’ full participation in society.


Author(s):  
Kurt F. Geisinger ◽  
Carina McCormick

While individual countries vary in their legislation concerning individuals with disabilities, there is a consistent set of principles that can guide practice for testing individuals with disabilities. Accommodations are changes to the test format or administration, intended to increase access to the test content for those with disabilities without altering the intended test construct. This chapter provides guidance on determining whether accommodations would be appropriate in distinct scenarios by considering the overlap between the intended test construct, the disability, and the requested accommodation. This chapter describes federal laws in the United States that influence testing practice and highlights the potential for the United Nation’s disability rights framework to provide consistency in assessment across countries. The chapter suggests principles that can improve the consistency, efficiency, and defensibly of procedures for making accommodations decisions and administering tests with accommodations in a way that is applicable internationally.


2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-241
Author(s):  
PETER HERISSONE-KELLY

It goes almost without saying that there are no academic bioethical debates that are unique to the United Kingdom. The debates in which U.K. bioethicists become involved take place in international journals and in books with a worldwide readership. The contributions of those from these shores are frequently made in response to work by academics from the United States, Australia, Scandinavia, and a whole host of other countries.


Author(s):  
Lindsey Patterson

Contrary to the traditional notion that disability rights in the United States were the by-product of the tumultuous 1960s, the disability rights movement actually dates back to the late nineteenth century. Over the years, ordinary citizens and local, national, and international organizations combined in promoting the citizenship rights of disabled people. Excluded from most aspects of public life, people with disabilities championed self-determination through deinstitutionalization, the independent living movement, and access to education, employment, and public transportation. This examination of local, state, and national efforts by people with disabilities to achieve full participation in civic life will help expand our understanding of civil rights movements in modern U.S. history.


Author(s):  
Ivica Zalud ◽  
Pai-Jong Stacy Tsai ◽  
Shelby Wong

ABSTRACT More than any other diagnostic modality, ultrasound has made dramatic imprints on diagnosis of pregnancy, fetal well-being, detection of anomalies and aneuploidy, fetal surgery and intrauterine interventions, and early detection of pelvic masses and uterine anomalies. Continuous ultrasound education is needed to provide health care professionals the proper environment to make sound clinical judgments, accurate diagnosis and management plans. As medical technology becomes more sophisticated, new medical training will evolve. The medical educators’ responsibility is to ensure that new technology will be used properly to improve and maintain the health of patients. This is a review article on obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound education in the United Sates of America with specific focus on Hawaii experience. How to cite this article Tsai PJS, Wong S, Zalud I. Ultrasound Education in the United States. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013;7(3):329-331.


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