All posts by Diane Coleman

D.C. Area Event: “Better Off Dead?” with Liz Carr – Film screening and panel discussion

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Join the Center for Accessibility for an in-person screening and discussion of this groundbreaking documentary with Liz Carr and other panelists: Friday, September 20, 10:30am – 2:00pm, Registration Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library – Central Library, 901 G Street NW, WASHINGTON, D.C. Start the morning with a screening of the acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary Better … Continue reading D.C. Area Event: “Better Off Dead?” with Liz Carr – Film screening and panel discussion →

Anita Cameron: I Still Wouldn’t Want Assisted Suicide

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Two weeks ago I went to the ER in extreme pain. Normally, I live with level ten pain. I’ve gotten used to it. In a flare, I’ve learned not to moan or cry out. But this pain, which started out as a small annoyance, spread and went down my spine, then, into my chest and … Continue reading Anita Cameron: I Still Wouldn’t Want Assisted Suicide →

Webinar Aug. 29! The Risks of Assisted Suicide Laws for Disability and Eating Disorders Communities

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Announcement from the Patients Rights Action Fund, Eat Breathe Thrive and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) Please join us for an international panel discussion on The Risks of Assisted Suicide Laws for Disability and Eating Disorders Communities to take place: THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH 2024 | 12:00PM EST – 1:15PM EST … Continue reading Webinar Aug. 29! The Risks of Assisted Suicide Laws for Disability and Eating Disorders Communities →

Assisted Suicide Laws Based On the Oregon Model Sweep In Disabled People

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By Lisa Blumberg, JD In 2014, in connection with whether assisted suicide laws would ever be expanded to include people with cognitive  decline, Barbara Coombs Lee, then director of Compassion & Choices, said, “It is an issue for another day but is no less compelling.” This was a momentary slip. The political strategy of Compassion … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Laws Based On the Oregon Model Sweep In Disabled People →

Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide

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[Dated July 27, 2024] Yesterday, Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Charlie Falconer) introduced a Private Members Bill (there’s an explanation of what they are here) to make it legal to assist people who are terminally ill to die. As a group of disability rights campaigners, Not Dead Yet UK are deeply concerned about this course of … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK Warns About Lord Falconer’s Aim to Legalize Assisted Suicide →