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John Loeppky‘s posts

  • Eugenics
    Director Reid Davenport, a white man with curly, short brown hair and glasses, and Producer Colleen Cassingham, a white woman with a brown bob wearing an orange jumpsuit, laugh together as they look toward a computer screen, which is just out of the shot. In the background, is an apartment with a full length mirror and an array of books on a shelf.

    Life After: New film explores life before, during and after the right-to-die movement

    Filmmaker Reid Davenport delves deep and goes beyond political debates over Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, legislation in the U.S. and Canada

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    By John Loeppky

    August 14, 2025

  • Eugenics

    The Problem with Gavin Newsom’s CARE Courts

    The Democratic governor has championed a system to address mental health and homelessness but Disabled Californians fear it could return us to the dark days of widespread institutionalization

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    By John Loeppky

    August 21, 2025

  • Eugenics

    Will Andrew Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Come Back to Haunt Him?

    Thousands died in New York City nursing homes following then-Gov. Cuomo's controversial COVID-era mandate. As the Democratic mayoral primary approaches, disabled people urge fellow New Yorkers to do one simple thing: Remember.

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    By John Loeppky

    August 21, 2025

  • Media Criticism
    a white woman with blonde hair sat in a wheelchair. I’m wearing a sleeveless brown/taupe dress.

    How Disabled Journalists Can Resist being Pigeonholed

    Many journalists, whether they identify as disabled or not, face a similar conundrum: write about your trauma and risk being pigeonholed or hide it. While data about Disabled journalists is sparse—for many reasons, including the fact that newsrooms are often unsafe places to identify publicly—feeling that they need to shrink to fit the industry is a common one.

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    By John Loeppky

    June 18, 2025

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