Fw: U Waterloo philosophy prof questions MAiD for disabled people not near death

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Nancy Hansen
Mon, Feb 27, 2023 6:35 PM

Nancy E Hansen, PhD,

Professor, Director,

Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies

Accessibility is not an optics issue

If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word.  Haben Girma
128 Education Building

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,

Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2

Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.camailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca

Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen

https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/


From: Margaret Oldfield margaret.oldfield@alum.utoronto.ca
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 7:55 PM
To: Nancy Hansen Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca
Subject: U Waterloo philosophy prof questions MAiD for disabled people not near death

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Hi Nancy,

A colleague from U Waterloo forwarded this article to me:

https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2023-02-24#maid-needs-to-be-an-authentic-choice

Cheers,
Margaret

Nancy E Hansen, PhD, Professor, Director, Interdisciplinary Master's Program,Disability Studies Accessibility is not an optics issue If you say I have special needs ... then just say the word disabled. Euphemisms only fuel ableism. Disability is not a dirty word. Haben Girma 128 Education Building University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Email:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca<mailto:Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Chapter 18: DisAppearing Disability: Disability MAiD Invisible, by Nancy Hansen https://canadianscholars.ca/book/disappearing/ ________________________________ From: Margaret Oldfield <margaret.oldfield@alum.utoronto.ca> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2023 7:55 PM To: Nancy Hansen <Nancy.Hansen@umanitoba.ca> Subject: U Waterloo philosophy prof questions MAiD for disabled people not near death Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. Hi Nancy, A colleague from U Waterloo forwarded this article to me: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2023-02-24#maid-needs-to-be-an-authentic-choice Cheers, Margaret