ACTION ALERT: Speak Out About the Ashley Treatment
Fax, E-mail, and Phone Campaign
Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), with the support
of Chicago ADAPT, the national ADAPT community and Not Dead Yet,
invites you to speak out about the Ashley Treatment.
Our Targets: Seattle Childrens Hospital staff involved in the
case of nine-year-old Ashleys growth attenuation and
sterilization, as well as Melinda Gates, chair of the Seattle
Childrens Hospital fundraising committee and Susan Macek,
Director of Communications for Seattle Childrens Hospital.
Why: To oppose their permission of what is now known as the
Ashley Treatment, and to condemn further permission of such
treatments for children with disabilities whose lives are
not otherwise at risk.
When: Tuesday, January 9, 2007, starting at 9 am in your time zone.
Contact Info:
Dr. Douglas Diekema, 206-987-2380
B-5520 Emergency Medicine
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Fax: (206) 987-3836
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Daniel F. Gunther
Phone: (206) 987-2380
M1-3 Endocrinology
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Fax: (206) 987-3836
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Melinda Gates
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: (206) 709-3100
Fax: (206) 709-3252
Email: [log in to unmask]
Susan Macek
Director of Communications, Seattle Childrens Hospital
Phone: (206) 987-5201
Pager: (206) 469-6310
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Ashley is a nine-year-old with a severe cognitive disability. In
order to keep her small and more easily cared for by her family,
doctors at Seattle Childrens Hospital are having her undergo
hormone therapy to stunt her growth. In addition, they
surgically removed her breast buds, uterus and appendix. The
Ashley Treatment, as her parents call it, is a medical fix to
serious social problems we face in America today. The first of
these problems is a lack of quality home-based services for people
with disabilities. The second is the social attitude that people
with disabilities are less than human and therefore fair game for
experimentation. The third is a lack of understanding of
disability vs. illness: as Joe Hall of South Carolina has stated,
When I was born my parents knew that I would never walk, but they
would have never thought it would be acceptable to cut my legs
off.
To review Ashleys parents blog, please see:
http://ashleytreatment.spaces.live.com
To review one of the original articles as reported by the BBC,
please see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6229799.stm
We need to let the Seattle Childrens Hospital and its fundraising
Chairperson know that the Ashley Treatment has not gone unnoticed
by those of us who live with disabilities.
For more information, AND TO KEEP US POSTED OF YOUR ASHLEY
TREATMENT ACTIVITIES, please call Sharon Lamp at (847) 803-3258
or e-mail Amber Smock at [log in to unmask]
Source: Feminist Response In Disability Activism (FRIDA)
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