On this month's Largest Minority radio show we'll present a provocative discussion of the controversial "growth attenuation" procedure for a young girl in Seattle, known as the "Ashley Treatment" -- what does this mean for people with disabilities? What does it say about the public perception of PWD's?
Panelists will include:
-- Hank Bersani, President of American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
-- Arthur Caplan Ph.D., Chair of Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania
-- Lawrence Carter-Long, Director of Advocacy, Disabilities Network of NYC
-- Lunetha Lancaster, formerly of CIDNY (Center for the Independence of the Disabled in NY)
-- Edward R. Matthews, the Executive Director of United Cerebral Palsy
Also on the show, we'll talk to Simi Linton, writer, public speaker and advocate who is currently co-director of Columbia University's seminar on disability studies. Her latest book, a memoir entitled My Body Politic, has just been released in paperback. More information at: www.SimiLinton.com
You can listen the show streaming live online at 11am eastern by going to www.wbai.org Following the broadcast the show will be archived both on WBAI's website and at our homepage, www.LargestMinority.org
Friday: ABC's Nightline features the documentary film Darius Goes West, winner of four awards at three different film festivals:
-- Audience Choice Award, Santa Barbara Film Festival
-- Best Documentary and the Audience Choice Award, Oxford Film Festival
-- Honorable Mention Award, Documentary over 30 Minutes, Picture This:
Canada's first International Disability Film Festival
Additional info for Darius Goes West:
Web site
Movie Trailer
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