Councillor expounds further on why kids like May "should be put down"

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Councillor expounds further on why kids like May “should be put down”

May 12, 2013 at 12:41

Mama Lewis

Earlier this week, I wrote about the councillor in Cornwall who thinks disabled babies should be “put down”. Not satisfied with his new policy to save the government money by euthanising children, Colin Brewer has made further statements to the press. Here is a segment of his interview with Disability News Service: Brewer said: “If they [...]

“Disabled children should be put down” says re-elected councillor

May 6, 2013 at 21:54

Mama Lewis

Collin Brewer said children like May should be "put down"

Re-elected. That’s what happens to politicians in Cornwall who say disabled children should be killed off. (Sorry, Cornwall but if you live there I imagine you are even more enraged than I am.) Collin Brewer, Independent councillor for Cornwall, made the comments to Disability Cornwall at an information event at County Hall in Truro in [...]

Mother of disabled child leaves her alone in the car

April 7, 2013 at 15:03

Mama Lewis

Would it shock you any less if you knew that the mother who left her daughter alone in the car was me, and that child was May? Parents of disabled children have to make many adjustments to their lives, and some of those are to do with ideas of what is acceptable with children and [...]

This week I’m… using an iPad?

March 17, 2013 at 14:29

Mama Lewis

May wants an iPad. It’s not because she thinks I deserve to watch more movies. (Though that’s a bonus.) She wants an iPad because it may be the first piece of equipment that really helps her learn to see. May has Cortical Visual Impairment (AKA Cerebral Visual Impairment). CVI is the brain damage that stops [...]

What happened to the disabled children Florida abandoned?

February 8, 2013 at 14:23

Mama Lewis

Last September I wrote about a story that I found completely harrowing. Do you remember this? Florida has been removing children with complex medical needs from their homes against their parents wishes to save money. The children are placed in nursing homes for the elderly, often not located hours away from their families and receiving [...]