Category Archives: suicide prevention

Council of Canadians with Disabilities Media Advisory – Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention

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From the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Blog: (Note – the op-ed mentioned below is included at the end of the media advisory, instead of just linked as stated in test) CCD Media Advisory: Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention   23 April 2013, WINNIPEG, MB    According to media reports, Susan Griffiths’ assisted suicide will likely … Continue reading Council of Canadians with Disabilities Media Advisory – Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention →

Vermont: Great Article by Activist Rosemarie Jackowski on Assisted Suicide

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(Editor’s note: Rosemarie Jackowski is a political activist and journalist who lives in Vermont.  The article below has appeared in other venues and is reprinted with permission.  The author gives permission to reproduce this article – in its entirety only – and proper attribution of her authorship.)   Suicide by Rosemarie Jackowski The “Assisted Suicide … Continue reading Vermont: Great Article by Activist Rosemarie Jackowski on Assisted Suicide →

Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA

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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 →

Canada: NDY Board Member Rhonda Wiebe Writes About “Better Dead Than Disabled” in “The B.C. Catholic”

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Rhonda Wiebe is on the NDY Board of Directors.  Yesterday, The B.C. Catholic published an essay by Rhonda titled “Are we better off dead than disabled?”  Here’s the beginning of her excellent piece – a piece that aims to inform sympathetic but otherwise uninformed allies about the most critical barriers and threats facing disabled people: … Continue reading Canada: NDY Board Member Rhonda Wiebe Writes About “Better Dead Than Disabled” in “The B.C. Catholic” →

Pennsylvania: Unusually Thoughtful and Informative Article On Elderly Homicide-Suicides

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According to reporter Jo Ciavaglia, the murder-suicide described in this article is “at least the third in Pennsylvania involving an elderly couple reported since June.” Maybe that’s what inspired Ms Ciavaglia to reach out to some sources that are most often ignored in coverage of these cases. Here is an excerpt from Murder-suicides among elderly … Continue reading Pennsylvania: Unusually Thoughtful and Informative Article On Elderly Homicide-Suicides →