Category Archives: civil rights

NDRN’s Report Should Serve As a Call to Conscience for Health Care Providers

The recommendations contained in the National Disability Rights Network’s (NDRN)report, “Devaluing People With Disabilities: Medical ProceduresThat Violate Civil Rights,” constitute nothing less than a call to conscience for health care providers who are withholding life-sustaining treatment without consent from people with disabilities who are not otherwise dying. Sometimes this is done at the request of … Continue reading NDRN’s Report Should Serve As a Call to Conscience for Health Care Providers

National Disability Rights Group: Study Finds Medical System Violates Civil Rights of Disabled People

I apologize for being a little late getting this news out from the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN).  There are two important issues affecting people with disabilities.  One, as the headline of the press release states, is the violation of people’s basic rights by surgical and other modifications on people’s bodies without any judicial review.  … Continue reading National Disability Rights Group: Study Finds Medical System Violates Civil Rights of Disabled People