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Disability Leaders On New York’s Capital Tonight Urging Lawmakers To Reject Assisted Suicide

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Alex Thompson (NY Assn. on Independent Living) and Max Rodriguez (Center for Disability Rights) had a ten minute interview with Capital Tonight’s Susan Arbetter. Detailing weaknesses of the purported “safeguards” in the state’s assisted suicide bill, they urged the legislature to reject it as too dangerous. Key concerns focused on insurance pressures to cut costs … Continue reading Disability Leaders On New York’s Capital Tonight Urging Lawmakers To Reject Assisted Suicide →

NY Disability Activists Hold Counter-Presence At Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Event

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Alex Thompson and Max Rodriguez from the NY Association on Independent Living and Center for Disability Rights, respectively, held a counter-presence with signs opposing the NY assisted suicide bill at a press conference conducted today by proponents of the bill. They spoke with several members of the press about the dangers the bill poses for … Continue reading NY Disability Activists Hold Counter-Presence At Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Event →

Disability Activists Crash Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Conference

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Last Wednesday, five disability rights advocates surprised assisted suicide proponents with some direct action in Albany, NY. They were Alex Thompson from the NY Assn. On Independent Living, Zach Garafalo from Center for Disability Rights (CDR), and Julie Farrar, Cliff Perez and Aaron Baier from the Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley. The disability … Continue reading Disability Activists Crash Pro-Assisted Suicide Press Conference →

Video of the Day of Mourning – A Quiet Call for Justice

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A month ago, we shared an announcement from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network asking people to participate in the annual Day of Mourning. On Friday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. In the year since … Continue reading Video of the Day of Mourning – A Quiet Call for Justice →

Media Advisory: Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Laws Are Bad Public Policy

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NDY issued the Media Advisory below on the Monday morning, January 28, 2019. No coverage of the assisted suicide issue is fair and balanced without the perspective of New York disability organizations and individuals who oppose it. (Proponents of bills to legalize assisted suicide will be holding a press conference at the state capital in … Continue reading Media Advisory: Doctor-Prescribed Suicide Laws Are Bad Public Policy →