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The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities
Table of Contents
- Introduction by Hugh R. Scher
- Biography: Tracy Latimer by Elizabeth Semkew
- Latimer Case Chronology
- A Wake Up Call by Catherine Frazee
- Issues Raised by the Latimer Case by Cal Lambeth
- A Parental Perspective by Brian Stewart
- The Media and Robert Latimer by Prof. Dick Sobsey
- Deadly Compassion Fearsome Kindness by Jim Derksen
- Our Lives Are Worth Living by Catherine Frazee
Jim Derksen views inaccessible York Street Steps in Ottawa. CCD intervened in the Brown Case, which challenged an inadequate accommodation developed for the Steps.
The Latimer Case
The Latimer case directly concerned the rights of persons with disabilities. Mr. Latimer's view was that a parent has the right to kill a child with a disability if that parent decides the child's quality of life no longer warrants its continuation. CCD explained to the court and to the public how that view threatens the lives of people with disabilities and is deeply offensive to fundamental constitutional values. Learn more.