When we imagine that some people endure “special” kinds of suffering, we alienate one another. We leave people isolated when what we actually need is each other.
I wanted to explore something Mary shared in the last episode, about this lie that the lives of the disabled are “impossibly hard.” What is it like for families coping with disabilities? What are the solutions we offer them now? Is erasing the disability something they even want, or are they asking for something else?
Guests appearing in the episode:
Dr. Erica Salter
Erica K. Salter, PhD is an Associate Professor of Health Care Ethics and Pediatrics and the director of the PhD program in Health Care Ethics at Saint Louis University and the vice chair of the Ethics Committee at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Her research uncovers and examines the assumptions underlying current dominant concepts in clinical ethics, especially pediatric clinical ethics and clinical ethics consultation with the aim of improving health care decision-making for patients, families and providers. She lives in St. Louis, MO with her husband, Jake, and two kids, Jonah (6) and Leo (3).
Special Thanks:
Lauren Klingman, Mackenzie Kim
“All Will Be Well” original track by Jessica Gerhardt
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