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#WDSD #AssumeThatICan Ten years ago, people assumed my sister’s life at 49 was over. @[email protected] fought back. 25,000 people signed her petition. Her supporters sent a letter to the Minister of Health. And finally, the govt apologized. Now Teresa is free. But thousands of others are getting put into nursing homes. “The deprivation of liberty on the basis of disability is a human rights violation on a massive global scale.” C. Devandas-Aguilar UN Special Rapporteur https://vimeo.com/925626586

It's a milestone day for me. My op-ed is in The Star! "My sister’s rights were taken away, like thousands of others with developmental disabilities" https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/my-sister-s-rights-were-taken-away-like-thousands-of-others-with-developmental-disabilities/article_d52145d8-e2db-11ee-8a9a-8bf4b2bf4b8b.html #WDSD #assumethatIcan #endthestereotypes #developmentaldisabilities #downsyndrome #longtermcare #freeingteresa