The Disability Community Speaks Out against QUT

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Distinguished Disability Advocate Kevin Cocks and other members of the Disability Community speak out about the QUT PhD project entitled "Laughing at the Disabled."

Kevin Cocks, who acquired his own disability in 1981 holds a Human Rights Medal (2005), a Centenary Medal awarded 'for distinguished service to disability services in Queensland' (2003) and he was also given 'the Humanities and Human Services Outstanding Alumni Award' by QUT in 2003.
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Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: June 2, 2007 at 1:23 am
Author: globaldawning

Length: 00:11:00
Rating: 3.86
Views: 6322

Tags: QUT Laughing at Disabled Kevin Cocks Queensland Advocacy QAI Australian Adrian Strong

Video Comments:
blueguntwo (June 27, 2008 at 5:34 pm)
Illogical nordicaryan says we should be getting rid of all disabled people. What? Get rid of Einstein? Get rid of Bill Gates? Genius is precious! Who is without inadequacy? Let that person be the one to cast the first stone. Eliminating disability is too slippery a slope, and once medical science gets on that GE slope humanity will slip down into oblivion. Autism is the next salvation revelation. Following Inspiration, strong autism will wipe hypocrisy off the list of human sins.
SpinergyDude (May 31, 2008 at 3:48 pm)
The people here are speaking out about real issues, and we get ignorant fools on YouTube like this nordicaryan type who feel they are enititled to spewing hate like in his statement... All I can say is I would not fook with Karma.
nordicaryan (May 21, 2008 at 1:17 am)
But we should be getting rid of all disabled people by breeding them out and by euthanasia, it's the best thing for them and for society.
SpinergyDude (May 27, 2008 at 12:40 pm)
I say you start with yourself.
sheilawalshe (November 6, 2007 at 6:26 pm)
QUT appear to be behaving in a disgraceful manner. Do the United States not have an anti discrinination law outlawing discrimination against disabled people@ In Ireland we have the Equal Status Act which allows a disabled person to bring a person to justice who has discriminated against him or her.every year we hear about successful cases won.
lennedk (December 9, 2007 at 4:17 am)
QUT = Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia.

Australia is not under US jurisdiction.

Wonder why nobody has commented on this before...
alwaysgoforgoals (August 13, 2007 at 10:54 pm)
Unlikely Travellers screens at BIFF to a sell out crowd. More than 200 people made the effort to see what all the fuss is about and judging by their reaction, left the theatre in full support of the project and the people involved. A quick search for the review on the Paradigm Oz (google "paradigmoz") website sums up the audience reaction well.
paradigmoz (July 24, 2007 at 8:43 pm)
Why are 2 men aged 20 and 40 refered to as "boys" in this video?
Does "the disability community" perceive intelectual disability as infantilism?

Is this why the poor vulnerable children need people to speak up for them against their families and work associates?

Noonan is on the right track in dismantling prejudices and stereotyping of "the disabled".
pthomas66 (June 27, 2007 at 5:33 am)
M&H wound up on the CM's front page because they were suspended,so Noonan and McKee have got the trial by beat up they chose when they instituted disciplinary procedings.Now the protest supporting M&H is ludicrous because you say it was too small-where have I heard this one before?This secrecy,discipline & jeering does take me back to the 80s.'Don't write don't speak' & don't you worry about that.
danicabs (June 20, 2007 at 6:22 pm)
Address 20 students with a megaphone? more like 150 students as well as other members of the community who are disgraced by QUT's actions.