Rachel has reminded me of the early-covid-era NHS decision to place do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders on Autistic people and people with learning disabilities

How easily we are considered disposable!

#LondonVirtualAutisticConference2 #covid19 #ActuallyAutistic #DoNotResuscitateOrders

Many disabled people deemed “futile” have been documented recovering if lucky enough to be moved to other hospitals. Disabled people are also denied organs in most #US states and can have Do Not Resuscitate (#DNR) orders placed on them without consent: https://www.disabilityrightswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DevaluingPeoplewithDisabilties_May2012.pdf

In October 2021, #GraceSchara, a 19-year-old with Down Syndrome, was admitted to a #Wisconsin hospital with covid-19. During the hour the hospital sent her sister home to shower, she was strapped down, coded as DNR over her & her family’s objections, and given three contraindicated medications that resulted in her death. Nurses refused the family’s pleas to help Grace and instead utilised an armed guard to keep them from helping Grace themselves: https://wsau.com/2022/04/07/wisconsin-hospital-protocols-kill-19-year-old-downs-syndrome-girl/

#MedicalAbleism #DoNotResuscitate #DoNotResuscitateOrders #COVID19 #covid