Minna Mettinen-Kekalainen is dying. Living in Ontario with ALS and Asperger Syndrome, Minna is on a hunger strike in protest of being denied care by the North East Community Care Access Centre. An article in the Sudbury Star says:
Mettinen-Kekalainen told The Sudbury Star last week she threatened to report the nurses to the Ontario College [...]
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URGENT: Disabled woman is dying in Ontario because of lack of care
Posted in disabilities, tagged abuse, ALS, angry letters, minna mettinen-kekalainen on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WTF?: Jerry Lewis, Humanitarian
Posted in disabilities, tagged angry letters, jerry lewis, MDA telethon on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
h/t: Laura Hershey, Andrea Shettle at Reunify Gally, Cara at The Curvature, Bev at Asperger Square 8.
On February 22, 2009, Jerry Lewis will be getting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. You know, for all his great humanitarian work oppressing on behalf of people with muscular dystrophy for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
WTF?
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