NDY Is Not Working in Coalition with the Family Research Council – And Here’s Why

January 19, 2015Correction, dredf, Family Research Council, john kelly, Marilyn Golden, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Correction, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Family Research Council, John Kelly, Marilyn Golden, Not Dead YetDiane Coleman

…30 Disability Rights and the Case Against Assisted Suicide- John Kelly (TBD-Skype) (Second Thoughts MA and New England Regional Director, Not Dead Yet) An asterisk appeared beside the names of seven confirmed speakers, and there was no asterisk by John’s name or one other listed speaker. Later Friday evening, John received a call from one of the confirmed speakers, inviting him to speak at the gathering via Skype. Needless to say, John declined, a…

DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Provides High Powered Public Comments to IOM Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee

May 29, 2013discrimination, DNR, Do-Not-Resuscitate, dredf, Institute of Medicine, Marilyn Golden, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, Terrie Lincolncoercion, Dredf, End-of-life, Marilyn Golden, medical discriminationDiane Coleman

…gain, illustrating that our lives are seen as less worth living than others——so much less that health care providers too often think death is the correct course. They press this viewpoint on us, our families and sometimes even overrule us when we disagree. Let me tell you a true story about a young disabled woman who worked for the Center for Disability Rights in upstate New York. At the age of 19, she’d had a car accident . . . . While lying in a…

Not Dead Yet Submits Written Comments to IOM Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee

June 6, 2013"end of life", death through denial, dredf, futile care, Institute of Medicine, life-ending decisions, Marilyn Golden, national disability rights network, NDRN, Our News & Commentary Blog, protection and advocacy, Surrogate Decisions & GuardianshipDiane Coleman

…’s a start. Public Comment for the Institute of Medicine’s Transforming End-of-Life CareCommittee – By Diane Coleman, President/CEO, Not Dead Yet Submitted June 4, 2013 My name is Diane Coleman and I’m the President and CEO of Not Dead Yet[i], a national disability rights organization focused on public policy related to many of the issues that this Committee will address. Last Friday in upstate New York, the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper report…

Amy Hasbrouck: The ADA is Not Dead Yet and So Are We

July 22, 2015Americans with Disabilities Act, Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead YetAmericans with Disabilities Act, Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet CanadaStephen Drake

…abuse in the medical system. And I certainly didn’t anticipate working side-by-side with people of faith with whom I disagree on many political and social issues. We knew that the ADA would not end disability discrimination. What we didn’t know is that we would have to be fighting 25 years later against the ultimate, deadliest form of discrimination. There is a generation of disabled people who have never known a world without the ADA. Many are ex…

Please Think Of Not Dead Yet On Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2019About Not Dead Yet, donations, Our News & Commentary BlogAnnual Report, donationsDiane Coleman

…o the NY Dept. of Health Advance Care Planning Request for Information. Non-Discrimination in Healthcare: NDY worked with DREDF to spearhead communications with the federal HHS Office for Civil Rights to advocate for improved policies on non-discrimination in organ transplant eligibility, futility and suicide prevention. NDY also filed 5 public comments on various policy issues and signed on to 16 policy letters and position statements. Conference…