Category Archives: ADAPT

Disability Rights Activist Pam Auer to Represent NDY at My Medicaid Matters Rally in Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday, October 17

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Disability Rights Activist Pam Auer to Represent Not Dead Yet at My Medicaid Matters Rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, October 17 On Wednesday, October 17, National ADAPT is leading a My Medicaid Matters Rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to oppose cuts to Medicaid. Disability rights activist Pam Auer will represent Not Dead Yet as one … Continue reading Disability Rights Activist Pam Auer to Represent NDY at My Medicaid Matters Rally in Harrisburg, PA on Wednesday, October 17 →

Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA

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The 22nd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) seems like the perfect opportunity to set the record straight about how theADA relates to assisted suicide. There’s a rarely articulated idea that assisted suicide is a sort of ADA“reasonable accommodation” to enable people who have serious physical impairments to have equal access to suicide.  … Continue reading Assisted Suicide Laws Violate the ADA →

Minnesota: Final Exit Network Indictments Stir Debate – ADAPT Activist Gordie Haug Quoted!

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SunThisweek has a new story about the Final Exit Network (FEN) and the suicide of Doreen Dunn by reporter Laura Adelmann.  This article focuses largely on comments and reactions from friends, neighbors and local Minnesotans. Of most importance and interest for readers of this blog, the article also includes excellent comments from Gordie Haug, a … Continue reading Minnesota: Final Exit Network Indictments Stir Debate – ADAPT Activist Gordie Haug Quoted! →

NDY President Diane Coleman in DC with ADAPT! (Fighting for Medicaid)

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This week the NDY blog will once again feature a mix of the usual NDY-related topics but also bring news of the current Spring Action of ADAPT in Washington, DC.  Here’s a slightly edited intro to ADAPT and NDY’s relationship to ADAPT and the policies ADAPT advocates for: First and foremost, NDY is a disability … Continue reading NDY President Diane Coleman in DC with ADAPT! (Fighting for Medicaid) →

Georgia Disability Activists to Attend Arguments at GA Supreme Court Hearing on Final Exit Network

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Today, Nov. 7, 2011, the Georgia Supreme Court will hear arguments on the challenge to Georgia’s assisted suicide law filed by members of the Final Exit Network.  The group claims that the law does not actually prohibit assisted suicide but does violate the First Amendment right to free speech. Three disability rights groups from Georgia … Continue reading Georgia Disability Activists to Attend Arguments at GA Supreme Court Hearing on Final Exit Network →