What with all the suicide talk, we thought we'd see what life was like. Hard to tell, says Bill Bolt.
Celia Henderson and Sally Rosenthal tell about some problems we're all likely to face.

Your Instant Edge

Frequent updates on the assisted-suicide and right-to-die issue and other breaking disability-rights news.

The Wrong Message

Awareness Day try-on-a-disability gimmicks gotta go, says Valerie Brew-Parrish. She tells why.

Courage Can Be a Perfect Word

Yeah, nondisabled folks misuse it. That's their problem, writes Chet Mottershead.

POEMS

'Algae,' 'Mute'


Poems by Raymond Luczak

Waltzing With Matilda


By Paul Merrigan

Beyond 'Right to Die'


A word or two from the Editors.

Mail


Reeve, euthanasia, SSI.

D.R. Nation


Photos from the Supreme Court steps.

News: Disney loses, deaf win; Roosevelt-in-a-wheelchair advocates keep trying.

On Edge


Cheryl Marie Wade says the 'right to die with dignity' makes her say 'uh oh!'

Web links!


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

Premiere Issue!


January/February edition of Electric Edge, with stories on Chris Reeve, FDR and much more.

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