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...rebounds and tough mental play that had plagued her in that championship game now became her strengths, according to her teammates...
...forced to argue that Terri should be kept alive because she might “get better”—that is, might be able to regain or to communicate her cognitive processes. The mere assertion that disability (particularly cognitive disability, sometimes called “mental retardation”) is present seems to provide ample proof that death is desirable...
Undoubtedly, an underlying issue in this case is the right to life: When does a person have the right to decide whether someone else’s life is worth living? The implications of saying that Schiavo is merely a vegetable are monumental for people with mental and/or physical disabilities. Do their legal guardians have the authority to terminate their lives just because they don’t function “normally” in society? People retain their human dignity regardless of their capacity to function. Schiavo’s case has the potential to set a discriminatory...
...sitting on your kitchen floor, curled up in the fetal position, crying as you stare at the cutting block and imagine taking one of the knives out and stabbing it into your chest. I can tell you what it’s like to be in the mental ward of a hospital, and after three days, feel so confined that your mind struggles to control your body, and you feel like you’re going to explode into violence, that you will run through the ward punching every glass window in sight. But in describing this...
...We’ll be going to warm weather and will be on spring break and focus completely on the competition and playing well as a team,” Mukundan said. “That will greatly help our mental outlook...