In case you missed it, today is National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD). We’re all invited to “join Americans across the country to talk to others about your future healthcare decisions and to complete your advance directive!” We’ll pass, at least when it comes to joining with the coalition promoting this effort. If you check the … Continue reading National Healthcare Decisions Day: Count Me Out
Last night, the Associated Press issued a story on Jack Kevorkian’s formal announcement of his intended candidacy for Congress in Michigan’s 9th District. Right now, the story is on about 25 different news sites. It’s hard to know which link will stay up the longest. I’ll go with ABC for now, anyway: When asked about … Continue reading NDY Quoted in AP Coverage of Kevorkian While Others in the Media Drop the Ball
As I was busy digging my way through my accumulated email and phone messages this week, I got a call from Ari Ne’eman, president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Ari was looking for sign-ons to a letter protesting a new “public education” effort launched by the N.Y.U. Child Study Center. The campaign is … Continue reading “Public Education” about PWDs hits new low with “Ransom Notes” campaign
Yesterday, I linked to an editorial from the San Jose Mercury News and commented on it. Today’s paper features a response essay by Teresa Favuzzi. Favuzzi is the executive director of the California Foundation for Independent Living. Excerpts: For the past few years the Mercury News has consistently opined for the legalization of assisted suicide. … Continue reading Response to Mercury News Editorial by Ex. Dir. of Calif. Foundation for Independent Living
In August, the American Psychological Association (APA) made some news when it passed a resolution affirming that its members shouldn’t be involved with “Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment” toward those termed “enemy combatants.” Many of us who are familiar with practices that are implicitly sanctioned by the APA took note … Continue reading Letter Asks Amer. Psych. Assoc. to Condemn Torture – Against People with Disabilities
