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Abstract
In this paper, I draw on my research and experience as a disability ethics educator and advocate in order to demonstrate that both Canada’s COVID-19 response and its expansion of eligibility for MAID are symptoms of the medical and systemic ableism that afflicts Canadian society. I conclude with a consideration of the enduring danger that eugenic ableism disguised as autonomy poses for people with disabilities in a Canada where COVID-19 may be waning, but where the contagion of ableism turned lethal through MAID continues to spread.
Keywords:
- ableism,
- systemic discrimination,
- COVID-19,
- medical assistance in dying,
- MAID
Résumé
Dans cet article, je m’appuie sur mes recherches et mon expérience en tant qu’éducateur et défenseur de l’éthique du handicap pour démontrer que la réponse du Canada au COVID-19 et l’élargissement de l’éligibilité à l’AMM sont des symptômes du capacitisme médicale et systémique qui afflige la société canadienne. Je conclus par une réflexion sur le danger permanent que représente pour les personnes handicapées le capacitisme eugénique déguisé en autonomie dans un Canada où le COVID-19 est peut-être en train de disparaître, mais où la contagion du capacitisme devenu mortel grâce à l’AMM continue de se répandre.
Mots-clés :
- capacitisme,
- discrimination systémique,
- COVID-19,
- aide médicale à mourir,
- AMM
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Remerciements / Acknowledgements
L'auteur tient à remercier ses collègues du John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, en particulier le Dr Brendan Leir, pour l'avoir encouragée à poursuivre la publication de cet article malgré des obstacles apparemment insurmontables.
The author would like to acknowledge and thank her colleagues at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, particularly Dr. Brendan Leir, for encouraging her to pursue publication of this article despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
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