Honoring our Dead
Not easy to read, but worth the effort
[I am honored to provide a platform for Corbett’s latest guest post. – ed.]
“Her life was not worth living.”
“He was such a burden to his family.”
“The parents suffered so much.”
“It’s understandable.”
“There’s no crime here – they did a merciful thing.”
This is how the media often reports on the murders of disabled people. The reports are full of sympathy for the murderers and short on compassion for those murdered. Disabled people’s lives are framed as useless, tragic, suffering. Media writers ignore the joys and passions of the victims – maybe because that disrupts the sympathy narrative for the murderer.
Since 2012 on March 1st an international Day of Mourning vigil is held to honor and remember those disabled people killed by family and caregivers. Some vigils also include those murdered by authority figures, such as police and school personnel. This year there are…
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