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When Keisha Young-Haeckers son, Thomas, entered the world as a micro-preemie at one pound, 14 ounces, gripping fear eclipsed the joy. Infection during her pregnancy induced labour at just 23 weeks. Thomas spent three-and-a-half months in a NICU incubator at Mount Sinai Hospital. Doctors forecasted a dark fate for the newborn. Doctors said he would have severe cerebral palsy, Young-Haecker recalled. They said he would be blind, couldnt speak, and would be severely handicapped. The doctor said Its cute going up and down the stairs when you have a little baby. But can you imagine having a 50-pound baby boy, who cant do anything for himself, and you have to lift him up and down the stairs all the time? And that was his way of telling us, maybe now is a good time to let him go. I wanted to prove him wrong. I was angry. How dare you tell me this is what is going to happen. The couple didnt let go of their son. Thomas began intensive interventions when he arrived home at 10 months old, including osteopathy and physiotherapy that cost his parents $250 a week, and later, speech therapy and occupational therapy. Thomas wears leg … Continue reading →

A professor at Princeton University argues that the rape of a man with cerebral palsy is perfectly fine and should be legal especially when the intellectually disabled person does not understand sexual consent. Peter Singer a bioethicist who champions infanticide and bestiality at the acclaimed Ivy League school insists that because a mentally challenged individual cannot comprehend the concept of consent to have sex, raping that individual should not be considered harmful. The tenured professor shared his take on the topic while writing a New York Times op-edin defense of former Rutgers University ethics professor, Anna Stubblefield, who was imprisoned for aggravated sexual assault of a man diagnosed with cerebral palsy. In October 2015, she was convicted of the crime. Stubblefield was sentenced to 12 years in prison because she committed illicit sex acts with a 29-year-old man named D.J. who has cerebral palsy, The Christian Post (CP) recounted. The sexual relationship took place over a two-year period and Stubblefield reportedly believed that D.J. communicated to her that he loved and wished to have sex with her through the use of a discredited pseudoscientific technique she employed called facilitated communication or supported typing. According to Singer, the judge and jury … Continue reading →