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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rachel D. Davidson, Lara C. Stache
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2016-03-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/4429