Health care and non-compete agreements

Two years ago this week I got caught up in a legal dispute that briefly threatened my life. Obviously, I'm still alive, but a version of...

Slumgullion #48

Just a few good links. That's all you need, right? Bush cuts outpatient Medicaid services -- You heard about this parting gift from our...

How it should be, almost

I had an appointment with my pulmonologist last week. Well, I thought I had an appointment. He's a doctor I really like whose office is...

Palin to speak today on disability issues

I haven't really blogged yet about my opinion on veep candidate Sarah Palin and her claim that having an infant son with Down Syndrome g...

Slumgullion #45

Yeah, I'm still here. I got new eyeglasses this weekend, and while it may take a few days to adjust to the bifocals (!) I hope to be spe...

Planning health care in a disaster

From the Sacramento Bee : Older, sicker patients could be allowed to die in order to save the lives of patients more likely to survive a mas...

Disabled in Gaza

From a Reuters report : By Nidal al-Mughrabi Reuters - Monday, January 21 02:02 pm JABALYA, Gaza (Reuters) - Ready to act fast to save his l...

Grand Rounds: Briefing the Next U.S. President

The latest Grand Rounds, a weekly carnival on medical and health blogging, is a collection around the theme of "Briefing the Next U.S. ...

Katie Jones and Deus ex machina

The story of Katie Jones has been circulating slowly on disability listservs and blogs since the December 9 article in the Chicago Tribune ....

Thursday at the Gimp Compound

Today was another Parts Replacement Day and all seems to have gone especially well. When I made this appointment to swap my feeding tube for...

"Ransom notes" ad campaign ends

Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) that led the protest against the NYU Child Study Center's "...

On this site's "health-relatedness"

In the past two days I've gotten two emails because of what the senders said is this blog's "health-relatedness." One invi...

Just when you think you're safe

This past August really sucked. September did too. I got a routine feeding tube replacement at the end of July and then had weeks of agony e...

Lately, at the Compound

I love unpredictability in my friends. People who say or do things it wouldn't immediately occur to me to say or do either intrigue or f...

Another typical story of health care in the U.S.

At Feministe, La Lubu tells the story of her daughter's premature birth , relating the loss of her job, fight for health care benefits, ...

The next Ashley X

Her name is Katie Thorpe . Other bloggers have been covering this latest story. Penny has the link collection here . Let her know if you got...

Remake of the Ramones' song

Direct link to YouTube video here . Visual description: This is a video remake of the classic Ramones song "I Wanna be Sedated" su...

More Profit, Less Nursing

A recent NYT article on nursing homes illustrates how for-profit institutions can be dangerous for inmates of those homes: The typical nur...

I think it's safe to say. . .

that folks in wheelchairs have the edge in creating successful sit-in protests . Not that it's all about sitting around, but we do bring...

Updated: ADAPT action in Chicago

"Individually, no one's more invisible than a person in a wheelchair. Collectively they're pretty spectacular." Source How...