On October 7th, Kelli Stapleton will be sentenced for First Degree Child Abuse in a Michigan courtroom. The following is a summary of the facts written by attorney Sam Crane regarding Kelli Stapleton’s attempt to kill her autistic daughter and the aftermath in the media and public discourse. It provides the background and context for […]
Rochester, NY (PRWEB) June 15, 2013 June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. In honor of the day, Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights group, urges elder abuse professionals to speak out against legalization of assisted suicide. “Most states reject assisted suicide,” says Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet’s President and CEO. “Assisted suicide is legal […]
This past week, the U.S. Senate voted to proceed with consideration of U.S.ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). With a two-thirds majority required to move to the next step, the cloture vote was 61 to 36, with 3 not voting. Not Dead Yet has not yet formally […]
There’s a really disturbing story out of Iowa that could be the tip of the iceberg in terms of what could be playing out nationally in the current economic and political climate. Clark Kauffman, of the Des Moines Register, writes that Group says Branstad actions cause nursing home deaths: An organization that advocates for disabled […]
Recently, we became aware of a very disturbing development. Every year, the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) hosts a conference on abuse of the elderly and people with disabilities, sharing research and prevention strategies. The 2010 conference is being held next week in San Diego, California. The conference sessions and workshops are a reflection […]
Kristen LaBrie, mother of nine-year-old Jeremy Fraser, has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the child’s death in March. Kristina Chew at Change.org has the story: Yesterday LaBrie pleaded “not guilty” to a charge of attempted murder; she had earlier been charged with child endangerment. The July 6th Associated Press vis WBUR reports […]
About 3 weeks ago, this blog reported on the case of young David Coronado, a 6-month-old infant allegedly beaten severely by at least one of his parents. Initially, a court-appointed guardian planned to petition for removal of life-support. The scheduled hearing to hear the petition was cancelled due to unspecified “new information.” (We received detailed […]
This will probably be of interest to readers – at least some of our readers. Dick Sobsey’s latest post on ICAD concerns recent research on Abuse & Disability: This post lists 15 studies on the relationship between abuse and disability that were published in 2008 and 2009. A brief description of each study is reported. […]
On Monday this week, NDY was contacted by Texas attorney Jerri Ward, who has worked extensively on behalf of families and patients in fighting the aggressive implementation of “futility” policies in Texas. The subject of the call was an impending court hearing in Dallas County juvenile court to decide on a petition by a court-appointed […]
Occasionally, this blog addresses issues that aren’t directly related to the NDY mainstays of life and death issues facing people with disabilities. This is one of those times. As Dick Sobsey wrote said in an email to me, this news out of South Korea fits in the “truly vile” category. That means it calls for […]
