Disability Studies
When Bioethical Neutrality is not Neutral: Disability, Autonomy, and the Value of Life
Recently, two very different but equally thought-provoking articles were published within a day of each other on the Bio...
Subject: Disability Studies
Disability Studies, Justice
The Slippery Slope of the DOJ Slip Opinion: A Threat to Disability Integration
“Because the country was so inaccessible, disabled people had a hard time getting out and doing things—which made us inv...
Clinical Ethics, Disability Studies, Editorial-AJOB, Ethics, Public Health
Caring for Autistic Adolescents: A Call for Improved Education of Clinicians and Caregiver...
This editorial appears in the May Issue of the American Journal of Bioethics In their Target Article “Inpatient Hospital...
Cultural, Disability Studies, Ethics, Social Media
TikTok Ethics: Social Media’s Influence on Moral Values
Used by one-third of US adults and the majority of teens, the social media platform TikTok, has emerged as a hotbed for ...
BioethicsTV, Disability Studies
Bioethics TV: The Pitt Puts the Spotlight on Supported Decision-Making
The Pitt has been praised not only for its superb writing, direction, and acting, but also for its accuracy. For example...
Disability Studies, Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care, Ethics, Philosophy & Ethics, Policy
Suffering Is Not Useless
This editorial appears in the August 2025 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Echoing Ruth Macklin’s classic ess...
Clinical Ethics, Disability Studies, Editorial-AJOB
Beyond Supported Decision-Making: The Need for Supported Engagement for Neurodivergent Adu...
This editorial can be found in the August 2024 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics Various social movements of th...
Cultural, Disability Studies
Confronting the Abuse of Disability Activist Language by the Maduro Administration in Vene...
In light of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s most recent dubious election victory claims, it is time for bioethicis...
Bioethics Films, Disability Studies
‘Tell Them You Love Me’ is Shamefully Ableist: Stop Sensationalizing the Rape ...
In 2015, an exposé in The New York Times Magazine brought national attention to Anna Stubblefield’s sexual assault trial...
Disability Studies, Genetics
Disability and Ethical Frontiers in Genetics and Genomics Research
Neglecting to include the needs of disabled people holds the potential to perpetuate discrimination against disabled com...
Disability Studies
Disability, Gratitude & Interdependence
It’s November and I am grateful. Everyone has some reason to be grateful, even if those reasons aren’t distributed fairl...
Disability Studies
I Shouldn’t Have to be a Supercrip: Promoting Anti-Ableism and Disability Justice for Bioe...
Becoming a successful bioethics scholar is no easy feat, even for a supercrip like me. I am a supercrip, a person with d...