Catholics should raise our voices—and the church should use its considerable influence—to prevent coerced institutionalization from becoming the future for our brothers and sisters who have disabilities.
Michael M. Waddell
Michael M. Waddell is the McMahon Aquinas Professor of Philosophy and founding director of the graduate program in Autism Studies at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Ind. He writes and teaches on issues at the intersection of disability and philosophy, with a special interest in autism.