Reflections on the T4 Program and the Quality of Life Debate in America

Reflections on the T4 Program and the Quality of Life Debate in America

Hi friends, and happy Tuesday! :)

In this video blog I reflect on the T4 program, taking place at the front of the holocaust with the killing of those with disabilities in Germany. Through these reflections I examine and oppose the ongoing quality of life debate in America and its seeming desire to determine which lives are worthy and not worthy of continuing.

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The Disabled Body as a Field of Debate - the Quality of Life Issue

The Disabled Body as a Field of Debate - the Quality of Life Issue

In early June, Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic man from Austin, Texas, was admitted to the hospital, experiencing COVID-19. Little did his family know that the events that would follow would reignite a conversation around the contested bodies of disability and the concept of quality of life.

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