For National Virtual event 4:00 pm, go HERE. For New York virtual event: MARCH 1, 3:30pm, Register HERE. For OTHER CITIES, check HERE. People with disabilities are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be victims of violent crime. Every year, the national media covers dozens of stories about murders of people with disabilities by family members or … Continue reading Join Annual Disability Day of Mourning Events March 1st
[From our friends at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network:] In the past five years, over 650 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives, or caregivers. 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 … Continue reading From ASAN: Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator!
From The Telegraph: A city-based elderly couple have sought President Ram Nath Kovind’s permission for active euthanasia or “assisted suicide”, saying they “are of no use to the society or themselves”. Narayan Lavate, 88, and Iravati, 78, who have no children and say their siblings are also no more, have likened their lives to life … Continue reading Mumbai: Elderly Couple Want to be Euthanized
Lets hope the New Year is kinder and gentler than the old one. The year ended with a highly publicized murder/suicide in NH. Mark Lavoie, at a little past 6 am, shot his wife to death and then successfully killed himself immediately after. He did this just 4 minutes after posting his intent on Facebook. … Continue reading At Year’s End, Another Man Shoots Wife in Hospital and Kills Self – Internet Gets All Teary-Eyed Over “Loving” Act
(Editor’s note: Virginia Chumbley was 48 years old when she was shot to death by her husband. Technically, she doesn’t fit into the “elderly” data and case examples discussed in this blog post. However, even if Virginia Chumbley was too young to be considered elderly, the press and public is responding to her shooting death … Continue reading An elderly woman’s “mercy killing” looking more like murder – an overview of elderly homicide/suicides
