They're singing those ol' Kevorkian Blues.

Paul Longmore talks about terminal illness and how society misses the real issues.

Mary Jane Owen and Not Dead Yet meet a furious parrot.

Your Instant Edge, more background on the assisted-suicide and right-to-die issue.

Christopher Reeve

Pat Williams has been doing some Reeve watching and we get the results of all the thinking.

The Frontier That Never Ends

David Mitchell, who watched Reeve at the Democratic Convention, realizes that what was happening was much bigger than one man.

Painting a One-Sided Picture

Elizabeth L. Holzemer knows firsthand how we view mental illness.

My Own Private Roosevelt

Cass Irvin recalls what "cure" meant to her at Warm Springs. From her book "The Gimp Mystique."

Questions of Origin

From Kenny Fries' forthcoming book, "Body, Remember: A Memoir."

Constance Merritt

Johnson Cheu

Welcome to Ragged Edge magazine, successor to The Disability Rag & Resource.

Mail

Hunchbacklash gets lots of letters.

D.R. Nation

Disney World gets sued. Stadiums get sued. ADAPT gets Gingrich on paper and more.

ADA Watch 'n' Wait

Mary Jane Owen says even paranoid folks have enemies, and we oughta be watching our backs with this Congress.

Over The EDGE ...

The Cure Doctors have a new specialty. Cartoon by Win Newburg.

Web links!

Hot links to disability-rights pages and other Web sites relevant to this month's stories.

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