Wheelchair Bound ? by Labelle, James
Wheelchair Bound ? by Labelle, James

Wheelchair Bound ?

Popular media likes to tell stories that portray death as preferable to living with paralysis. Now Canada...
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SKU: 9798218213145
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Author: James Labelle
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Wheelchair Bound ? by Labelle, James

Wheelchair Bound ?

$41.37
Wheelchair Bound ? by Labelle, James

Wheelchair Bound ?

$41.37
Author: James Labelle
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Popular media likes to tell stories that portray death as preferable to living with paralysis. Now Canada has made Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) available to anyone with a disability. Is the government telling us death is preferable to paralysis as well? If given opportunities and resources, would people choose death?

At the age of 18, I dove off a dock into Lake Independence and became a C 5/6 quadriplegic. I have some use of my arms and can push a manual wheelchair and drive a van with hand controls.

For over fifty years, I have been pushing my chair. I graduated from law school and passed the bar exam in three states. My travels took me to twenty-three countries. My story is not an inspirational anecdote; it's about finding love, losing love, grief, joy, and single parenthood.

Don't call me "bound" or "confined" to my wheelchair. My chair gives me freedom.

A wheelchair user today has more rights than one did fifty years ago. Yet there are still many obstacles in finding housing, transportation, employment, and medical care.

I am not trying to be a role model, just a possibility. There are obstacles, and people may not always treat you properly, but there is progress. My story is one of many that doesn't choose death over paralysis. It's just not a story that gets told often enough.



Author: James Labelle
Publisher: James LaBelle
Published: 05/26/2023
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9798218213145

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