Category Archives: analysis

Calif. – Ed Roberts Day Declared – his impact on disability rights and his relationship to NDY issues

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There are many news sources for this, but here’s the news from UCBerkeley News giving a short account of the life of Ed Roberts and the legislative action that created an “Ed Roberts Day.”  Here are the first two paragraphs from Wendy Edelstein’s “Ed Roberts, disability-rights leader and Cal alum, gets his own state day“: … Continue reading Calif. – Ed Roberts Day Declared – his impact on disability rights and his relationship to NDY issues →

Bad Cripple on Washington State Death Toll (blog recommendation)

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Earlier this month, Washington State released its report on the first 10 months of its brand-new assisted suicide law.  You can read a pretty typical press account at this NY Times link. However, neither the Times nor most of the media gets at some of the troubling information that emerges from this report – limited … Continue reading Bad Cripple on Washington State Death Toll (blog recommendation) →

Presidential commission bodes ill for people with disabilities – Mike Ervin in “The Progressive”

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People who have read the selections in our humor section will already be familiar with Mike Ervin, who writes a bimonthly satire column in New Mobility. Mike also writes serious pieces of policy, media and cultural analysis.  He’s written many of these as op-eds for the media project at The Progressive. Mike’s latest piece looks … Continue reading Presidential commission bodes ill for people with disabilities – Mike Ervin in “The Progressive” →

A Disability Perspective on the Issue of Physician Assisted Suicide – Disability and Health Journal

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Several blogs wrote about this issue late last month when a press release announced the publication of an issue of the Disability and Health Journal dedicated to articles on assisted suicide and disability.  I held back from announcing the issue on this blog for one very important reason: A snafu resulted in the press release … Continue reading A Disability Perspective on the Issue of Physician Assisted Suicide – Disability and Health Journal →

Blog Bonanza: Montana and Assisted Suicide

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Last week, this blog devoted some space to the oral arguments held at the Montana Supreme Court over a lower court’s finding of a “constitutional right” to assisted suicide for “terminally ill” people. Since then, there has been surprisingly little discussion about the decision being awaited in Montana. Nevertheless, some people have been moved to … Continue reading Blog Bonanza: Montana and Assisted Suicide →