Here is another way of looking at the limits of possibility. Should a personal assistant be exempt from being prosecuted if they assist a disabled person, who could not otherwise do it without assistance, to rob a bank? Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of A Velarde > Sent: 15 December 2008 10:38 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Assisted Suicide > > I guess this posit the quesion about the limits of the social > model paradigm. if society disables the impaired individual, > could society 'empower ' him/her to end its participation in > society? Would the individual (whatwever his validity claim, > can request such support from the social group he/she wants > top abandom, ind by doing so, opening a door from which > social model activist would be have their validity claims undermined? > > If the answer is yes, the individual need to make his/her > case by constructing a different paradigm. So far it is base > on a self centrer phylosophy (on both sides of the argument > for and against it) . Best, Andy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julia Cameron" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:23 PM > Subject: Re: Assisted Suicide > > ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.