Irelandwriter / teacher at self employed Sandra has written for the theatre in Toronto; her work has been published in a number of literary journals and magazines, including Word Riot, Sou'wester, Per... Sandra has written for the theatre in Toronto; her work has been published in a number of literary journals and magazines, including Word Riot, Sou'wester, Per Contra, Chautauqual, AGNI, Flash Fiction Magazine and the Unthology.
She is a finalist in the 2010 Bridport Prize, the 2007 SFWP Literary...
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"We do not feel that patients with Down syndrome are appropriate candidates for heart-lung transplantations," doctors wrote in 1995 to a patient named Sandra Jensen, according to a newspaper article at the time. An uproar ensued and Jensen got a new heart.
Date: Nov 30, 2013
Source: Google
'Team Amelia' backs transplant for special needs child
The case recalls that of Sandra Jensen, a woman with Down syndrome who fought for, and got, a heart and lung transplant in the mid-1990s. Back then, many transplant centers flatly said people with intellectual disabilities could not handle the self-care regimens required of recipients. Jensen later