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Colorado NDY and ADAPT Engage in Funeral March to Protest Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure

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[Press Release issued the morning of August 8, 2016 below, and coverage here: Disability rights activists protest against aid-in-dying measure.] Disability Activists from Not Dead Yet and ADAPT Engage in Funeral March to Protest Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure Denver – Disability rights activists from ADAPT and Not Dead Yet will hold a funeral march from the … Continue reading Colorado NDY and ADAPT Engage in Funeral March to Protest Assisted Suicide Ballot Measure →

Additional Letters to Princeton Regarding Peter Singer – Bob Kafka (ADAPT) and Kathy Brill (Parent to Parent USA)

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Yesterday, we launched our Change.org petition “Denounce Lethal Anti-Disability Healthcare Policy Advocated by Peter Singer.” We presently have over 300 people who have signed on to the petition. Please add your own name by clicking here and following the directions. In addition to the statement we shared and quoted from the National Council on Disability, … Continue reading Additional Letters to Princeton Regarding Peter Singer – Bob Kafka (ADAPT) and Kathy Brill (Parent to Parent USA) →

NDY Protests the World Federation Conference – From My Vantage Point

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Not Dead Yet and other disability rights activists from around the U.S. and Canada held a three-day protest vigil at an international assisted suicide and euthanasia conference held in Chicago last week, hosted by the U.S. group Final Exit Network.   Some of the first day’s events, including an opening rally, were covered here.  We plan … Continue reading NDY Protests the World Federation Conference – From My Vantage Point →

John Kelly: Disability Rights Organizations Oppose Assisted Suicide

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[Editor’s note:  In last week’s NDY blog featuring two great letters to the editor – Two Disability Advocates Respond to Two Assisted Suicide Proponents with Disabilities, I said I would post John Kelly’s article on the same subject, the role of people with disabilities in opposing legalization of assisted suicide.  Here it is!] We are long-time … Continue reading John Kelly: Disability Rights Organizations Oppose Assisted Suicide →

Would You Rather Die Than Go To A Nursing Facility? Time For the Community Integration Act!

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One of the issues that we have with The Conversation Project is that the online materials suggest that a nursing facility is the only alternative to being “independent”.  (The notion seems to be to ask, “If you had to go to a nursing facility, wouldn’t you rather have an advance directive that declines life-sustaining treatment?”) … Continue reading Would You Rather Die Than Go To A Nursing Facility? Time For the Community Integration Act! →