Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> >I am overposting here -- this will be my last one for the day.
> >
> >Desegregation -- that means quit confining disabled persons to
> >institutions and provide the option for one to live in the community
> >like nondisabled people do for starters. Some nondisabled persons
> >live with family, some live with friends and some live alone.
> >
> >Segregation is the historical reality for disabled persons, and not
> >coincidentally the proliferation of institutions coincides with the
> >rise of capitalism.
> >Marta
>
> That makes sense, but in that case, our argument would be _for_ home
> care necessary for assisted living, directly or indirectly provided
> by the state, & improvement of it for both disabled persons &
> care-giving workers. Clarifying what disabled persons & care-giving
> workers need helps us better than a broad-brush criticism of the
> medical profession tout court.
>
But it is the medical profession who commit disabled persons to these
institutions and which has been complicit in organizing the
segreation! You cannot separate them.
Marta