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Video: NDY’s John Kelly Debates C&C’s Dan Diaz on Greater Boston

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From WGBH, Boston’s PBS station: “Proponents of medical aid in dying, also known as physician-assisted suicide, say it can offer a peaceful death to those who are terminally ill. Critics say the process is unfairly stacked against people with disabilities. The two sides debated with Liz Neisloss on Greater Boston.” An article samples quotes from the … Continue reading Video: NDY’s John Kelly Debates C&C’s Dan Diaz on Greater Boston →

Disability Activists Crash Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Conference

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Last Wednesday, five disability rights advocates surprised assisted suicide proponents with some direct action in Albany, NY. They were Alex Thompson from the NY Assn. On Independent Living, Zach Garafalo from Center for Disability Rights (CDR), and Julie Farrar, Cliff Perez and Aaron Baier from the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley. The disability … Continue reading Disability Activists Crash Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Conference →

NDY, DREDF and United Spinal Discuss Shavelson Euthanasia Case at Press Briefing

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Disability advocacy organizations NDY, DREDF and United Spinal partnered with the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF) to hold a press briefing on the Shavelson v. CA Department of Health Care Services case heard on April 14 in the federal District Court of Northern California. Video of the press briefing is available on PRAF’s Facebook page … Continue reading NDY, DREDF and United Spinal Discuss Shavelson Euthanasia Case at Press Briefing →

Anorexia Nervosa, Psychiatric Disability and the New American Vanguard of the Movement to Legalize Assisted Suicide

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Guest Blog by Kathleen Nicole O’Neal    In February of 2022, Dr. Jennifer L. Gaudiani, Dr. Joel Yager, and the late medical patient Alyssa Bogetz published a truly disturbing article in the Journal of Eating Disorders entitled “Terminal Anorexia Nervosa: Three Cases and Proposed Clinical Characteristics.” In this article, Dr. Gaudiani, a Colorado based physician with … Continue reading Anorexia Nervosa, Psychiatric Disability and the New American Vanguard of the Movement to Legalize Assisted Suicide →

Anita Cameron: Provide people with disabilities supports to live, not tools to die

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Provide people with disabilities supports to live, not tools to die (Guest Opinion by Anita Cameron) Published: Apr. 08, 2022, 8:24 a.m. by Syracuse.com By Anita Cameron | Not Dead Yet Anita Cameron, of Rochester, is director of minority outreach for Not Dead Yet, a national disability group headquartered in Rochester that opposes assisted suicide … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Provide people with disabilities supports to live, not tools to die →