Category Archives: Our News & Commentary Blog

A doctoral student from the California School of Professional Psychology is conducting research to learn more about emotional response, disability and media, and experienced internal stigma among disabled people. If you are an adult with a mobility disability between the ages of 18 to 65, have had a disability for at least 2 years, and … Continue reading A Disabled Researcher Doing Research on Disability, Media, and Internalized Stigma! →

Lisa Blumberg: The Little Known Issue of Medical Deportations by Hospitals

July 28, 2021health disparities, healthcare rationing, Immigrant rights, Lisa Blumberg, Medical Deportation, medical discrimination, NPR, Our News & Commentary Blog, racismImmigrant rights, Lisa Blumberg, Medical Deportation, medical discriminationDiane Coleman

A 2021 report prepared by the Free Migration Project and University of Pennsylvania Law Students entitled “Fatal Flights: Medical Deportation in the U.S.” is eye-opening and shocking. Usually, when one hears the frightening word “deportation”, one thinks of governmental action, officials dragging people from their homes and sending them out of the country. With medical … Continue reading Lisa Blumberg: The Little Known Issue of Medical Deportations by Hospitals →

NCIL’s Advocacy Priorities Guide Includes Key NDY Policy Issues

July 15, 2021"death with dignity", access to health care, aid in dying, assisted suicide, futility, healthcare rationing, life-sustaining treatment, medical discrimination, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary Blog, Quality Adjusted Life Years, treatment withholdingassisted suicide, death with dignity, end of life options, medical discrimination, National Council on Independent LivingDiane Coleman

As July 26, the 31st Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, approaches, the National Council on Independent Living is holding its annual conference. NCIL has announced that its annual Advocacy Priorities Guide is now available, containing “specific information on the national legislative and policy priorities identified biannually by the NCIL membership.” NCIL’s Healthcare priorities include … Continue reading NCIL’s Advocacy Priorities Guide Includes Key NDY Policy Issues →

Not Dead Yet UK: Evidence of a Slippery Slope?

July 1, 2021"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, medical discrimination, Not Dead Yet UK, Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

Evidence of a Slippery Slope? By Not Dead Yet UK June 14, 2021 Supporters of our campaign to resist a law change on assisted suicide have continually expressed real concerns about the concept of “a slippery slope”. The idea that once assisted suicide is permitted for one group it isn’t long before it’s extended to … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK: Evidence of a Slippery Slope? →

Carol Cleigh Sutton: Ableism Is Violence

June 27, 2021ableism, better dead than disabled, bigotry, Carol Cleigh Sutton, Day of Mourning, guest blog, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary Blog, quality of life judgmentsDiane Coleman

Listening to the other presenters, many of whom mentioned ableism, but most especially to the names being read – for more than an hour – during the Disability Day of Mourning, something I’ve known for years snapped into focus and demanded to be written: Ableism is Violence. The problem is Abled Chauvinism. Like men vis … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: Ableism Is Violence →