I was dismayed to read in an article by Kevin Toolis on 15 Sept 2000 entitled "Hate that dares not speak its name" that "the absence of any contribution from the disabled rights community ........ to the public debate on the fate of Jodie or Mary has also passed unnoticed." Why isn't the Guardian publishing any response from disabled people? I know that you have received a disability press release title "Courts killing children", and letters from disabled people in answer to Polly Toynbee's offensive and appalling article on the debate. I have seen neither of these printed. It is vital that non disabled people get a balanced view of this debate with input from the Disabled People's Movement. Are you deliberately blocking disabled people's views or are you just being lazy journalists? Please read the press release again and use the contacts within it to give expert information on what life as a disabled person is really about. So far the coverage by your newspaper has been oppressively one sided. Lindsay Carter |