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The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Our Lives Are Worth Living
Comments from a Vigil for Tracy Latimer
by Catherine Frazee
It's a simple question—why have all these people left their homes and their jobs to be here? Why have we made the considerable effort that it always takes for most of us to get anywhere in this big inaccessible country? Why are we huddled together out here in the February cold, sacrificing the comfort of our regular routines and risking our health?
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities
Table of Contents
- Introduction by Hugh R.
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Biography of Tracy Latimer, 1980-1993
A Life Cut Short
by Elizabeth Semkiw
Tracy Latimer was born on 23 November 1980. She had Cerebral Palsy and was the eldest of four children. Tracy lived on a farm with her family near Wilkie, Saskatchewan.
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Chronology
1978
1978—Bob and Laura Latimer marry.
Annual Report: 1998-1999
Making Change Work for Us
Submitted by Eric Norman
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Introduction
by Hugh R. Scher, Chairperson, CCD Human Rights Committee
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Murdered in the Name of Kindness
by Jim Derksen, Former CCD Chairperson
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - Media
Latimer Wins Case in Media
by Prof. Dick Sobsey, University of Alberta Abuse and Disability Project
The Latimer Case: The Reflections of People with Disabilities - A Parental Perspective
A Father's Concerns
by Brian Stewart
Forty plus years ago my parents were told not to take me home. Those concerned for my parents' well being, the medical profession, could not see my life as being worth living. Born with Cerebral Palsy, their vision was that I would not have a future and they did not, would not, or could not, see a place in the community for me.
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