Dignity of Risk in Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice.

Dignity of risk, as originally defined by Robert Perske (1972), focused on the treatment of people with intellectual impairments and the need to shift away from paternalism. However, the term also resonates deeply in other health-care situations today. The concept of dignity of risk is tricky to operationalize in many contexts, including in medical decision-making during rehabilitation.

If Not Now, Then When? Taking Disability Seriously in Bioethics.

The impression of bioethicists as "dangerous," as articulated in Mouth Magazine in 1994, has continued to be a theme in the disability movement. We respond to three common responses by bioethicists to this impression-namely, this is from the past, and bioethicists are different now; this is an angry and extremist position; and the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability rights and justice efforts have solved historical inequities. We draw on the historical record and on our collective experiences as bioethicists engaged in clinical consultation and education and as the founding, former, and current directors of a program focused on disability and rehabilitation ethics to argue that ableism and unexamined assumptions about people with disabilities have persisted in bioethics despite decades of counternarratives, research, and divergent perspectives.