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From: Ilaine	9/22/2006 6:44:49 PM
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>> DISABLED GAL CAN'T DECIDE LIFE OR DEATH By DAREH GREGORIAN September 22, 2006 -- In a case of "Whose life is it anyway?" a state appeals court ruled yesterday that a mentally handicapped woman has no say over whether she should be kept alive on life support. In the unanimous decision, a five-judge panel ruled that the 26-year-old - who says she wants to be kept on life support in the event she's felled by illness or an accident - isn't competent to make that decision. Instead, her mother, who is her legal guardian, gets to make the call - and she doesn't want her daughter on life support. A lawyer for the woman, identified only as Chantel R., did not return a call for comment. The decision says the woman has an IQ of 52, about the mental capacity of a 7-year-old, "but otherwise does not suffer from any particular illness." nypost.com An IQ of 52 is learning disabled. The Northern Virginia Training Center puts these people out in the community to work.

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