Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA

July 25, 2012ADAPT, Americans with Disabilities Act, amicus brief, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, Montana, national council on independent living, national spinal cord injury association, NSCIA, Our News & Commentary Blog, Steve Gold, suicide prevention, VSEDDiane Coleman

The 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seems like the perfect opportunity to set the record straight about how theADA relates to assisted suicide. There’s a rarely articulated idea that assisted suicide is a sort of ADA“reasonable accommodation” to enable people who have serious physical impairments to have equal access to suicide. … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA →

Mike Ervin: Ruben Navarro and Rethinking Donation of My Organs

January 27, 2009crime and punishment, mike ervin, NSCIA, organ donation, Our News & Commentary Blog, Ruben NavarroStephen Drake

Most of the time when I find something online that’s relevant to the NDY blog, I pull out an excerpt and point people back to the original article. First, because it’s written by Mike Ervin, who has written pieces featured in our humor section. This piece isn’t exactly humor, but it’s something that fits with … Continue reading Mike Ervin: Ruben Navarro and Rethinking Donation of My Organs →