RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Suffer the little children some autonomy. JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 204 OP 205 DO 10.1136/jme.14.4.204 VO 14 IS 4 A1 V Wachenje YR 1988 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/14/4/204.abstract 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.