The Body and its Able-ness: Articulating In/Eligibility through Rhetorics of Motherhood, Unjust Language, and Questionable Medical Authority
This essay analyzes a controversy involving Amelia (Mia) Rivera, a three-year old girl who was denied a life-saving kidney transplant in January 2012. As reported by Mia's mother, Chrissy, on her blog post, Mia was denied the kidney transplant because of her mental disability. Throughout the pu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
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| Online Access: | http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/4429 |