As a disabled person, there is something uniquely terrifying about watching the press gush about the boy with CF who has recovered from #COVID19 at the same time that ventilator rationing protocols would have put him in the discard pile.
I'm so glad he's alive. To be clear.
I'm so glad he's alive. To be clear.
See also: the devastating impropriety of using metaphors like "the economy is on life support" when there are policies in place to deny life support to people on the basis of disability.
Did @CNN use Joseph Bostain's story to advocate for disabled access to medical care during crisis?
No. Of course not.
How dare you.
No. Of course not.
How dare you.
