PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - V Wachenje TI - Suffer the little children some autonomy. AID - 10.1136/jme.14.4.204 DP - 1988 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 204--205 VI - 14 IP - 4 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/14/4/204.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/14/4/204.full SO - J Med Ethics1988 Dec 01; 14 AB - There exist layers of disparity between perspectives and perceptions of handicap or disability. Handicap is frequently seen by the able-bodied (and minded), as a condition unrelated to themselves. Learned articles appear in specialist journals, but lost in the relentless tidal wave of words, is the very real personality of that handicapped individual ... not waving, but drowning.