Thread CW: murder, suicide, ableism.
@nytimes published a story about a man who murdered his wife who had Alzheimer's and then killed himself. The author of the article characterized the piece as a "love story" in a tweet. 1/5
@nytimes published a story about a man who murdered his wife who had Alzheimer's and then killed himself. The author of the article characterized the piece as a "love story" in a tweet. 1/5
The content of the tweet angered me. I have a personal rule against reading articles like this because they upset me so much, but I decided to read the full article to see if the tweet was just poorly written due to character limits and a desire to go viral. 2/5
The tweet was an accurate representation of the author's opinions, and the article included no discussion of rates of fillicide or matricide of disabled people, advocacy to change these trends, or even a basic discussion of Alzheimer's statistics. 3/5
Articles like this are extremely dangerous. Murder isn't love. Murder isn't merciful. Being dead is not better than being disabled. Not going to share the article. I am sharing responses from disabled people compiled by @SFdirewolf. 4/5
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I’m also sharing The @autselfadvocacy anti-filicide toolkit in the comments. In 2020, can we resolve to no longer categorize murders of disabled people by caregivers as "acts of love" or "mercy killings?" 5/5
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#NewYearsEveEve #NewYearsResolution #NewYear
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#NewYearsEveEve #NewYearsResolution #NewYear
