(3) the fear of cognitive impairment, & (4) the prospect of being put in an institution
·together these combine in the tragedy narrative of dementia
·People with dementia and their allies debunk dementia stereotypes
·Our knowledge about dementia comes not from those with dementia but from outsiders

Safeguards in MAiD Track 2 don’t protect vulnerable people from death
·Autonomy and vulnerability can conflict
·The fear of dementia that drives advance requests for MAiD grows from extreme stigma against people with dementia.
Stigma grows into: (1) systemic ableism, (2) systemic ageism…

•MAiD targets only disabled people, not other marginalized groups
·People with dementia have human rights as disabled people
·Dementia activists are creating change
· What if you change your mind? Will your new request to live with dementia be honored?

It’s important that people with dementia, their allies, and disability activists contribute their opinions. Dr Margaret Oldfield outlines below reasons to oppose passing into law the proposal for advanced requests. The full explanation of these reasons is here. Free to use for the survey

The link is here: www.canada.ca/en/health-ca... The deadline for the survey is February 14.

I’m going to start calling positive people “hope punks” now.

More people have moved on and Bluesky is more interesting now. I am finding a lot of new people who I didn’t get to meet on twit bird

Exactly. But many (non-Autistic) academics are writing articles stating that neurodiversity is only about cognitive “differences” which are not considered to be disabilities. How odd to think that! Where did they get this info from?

Awesome music 🩵💙

I will have to check that out. Thanks! 🙏

Needs more cowbell

I have been considering buying it for my son but I don’t see what the appeal is. I do like his book called “you’re my little baby” because he can touch the pages. It is sensory joy.

Where I live it has been proposed that NPs oversee Long term care (nursing) homes. Everyone is fine with it except the doctors are livid. But we have an MD shortage! The solution is easy bc they are already primary care providers. 🙄

Gotta collect ‘em all

Takes me back. I always loved the unplugged album, especially their version of the Man who sold the world.

Moustache mischief