[trisham]

Claude Holcomb believes that if he were not a fighter, he would not be alive. The 49-year-old Hartford man has cerebral palsy and cannot speak, but gets around in a power wheelchair and communicates by pointing to letters on a board with the alphabet on it. He lived in an institution from age 7 to 22, and he believes that if he were not determined to live in the community, he might have been killed by doctors withholding treatment because of the nature of his disability.

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I can imagine that this would be terrifying.

[benewton]

I want the option of medication.

There are other methods, of course, but I’d prefer that the
wife not have to deal with the mess.