(NAME-MCE) Celebrating the life of Harriet McBryde Johnson - July 8, 1957 - June 4, 2008

[Steve Brown]

We've lost another of our incredible disability rights
colleagues much too soon.  Harriet, who lived in Charleston, South
Carolina, and whose writings many of you have read.  She may have been
best known for her debates
about the lives of individuals with disabilities
with Peter Singer, and her publication about them in the New York
Times article, "Unspeakable Conversations."  I recommend her book,
"Too Late to Die Young:  Nearly True Tales from Life"
to everyone.  She worked on Tuesday, and passed on unexpectedly later
that night.  Her life is celebrated at:
http://www.cripcommentary.com/harriet/
Steve
-- 
Steven E. Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Center on Disability Studies, www.cds.hawaii.edu
1776 University Ave., UA4-6
University of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-0996
808-956-7878 (fax)

Co-Founder
Institute on Disability Culture
http://web.mac.com/disculture
Movie Stars and Sensuous Scars: Essays on the Journey from Disability Shame
to Disability Pride:
http://web.mac.com/disculture/Site/Movie_Stars_and_Sensuous_Scars.html