GO DEEPER: RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE PROGRAM:
- Joni Eareckson Tada: ‘Me Before You’ sends the wrong message: A new film portrays assisted suicide for the seriously disabled as selfless, heroic, and even romantic. But Joni Eareckson Tada, who’s spent almost four decades advocating on behalf of the disabled, disagrees. Having spent most of her life a quadriplegic, she knows the challenges intimately. But she says Hollywood’s message that the disabled are better off dead is profoundly mistaken, and destructive to individuals and society. Listen to her full interview, then check out her full remarks on the movie at Joni and Friends. Breakpoint.