PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - T Koch TI - One principle and three fallacies of disability studies AID - 10.1136/jme.28.3.203 DP - 2002 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 203--203 VI - 28 IP - 3 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/3/203.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/28/3/203.full SO - J Med Ethics2002 Jun 01; 28 AB - A question between John Harris and I is the degree to which lessons may be learned, and insights gained, from a life distinguished by physical differences. He argues it as the “aborting Beethoven fallacy”, I insist on the evidence that what we learn from physical differences may be critical and life enhancing.