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Joyce Bender, International Radio Host of Disability Matters, Interviewed Diane Coleman

March 11, 2021About Not Dead Yet, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, COVID-19, diane coleman, euthanasia, health disparities, Joyce Bender, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, euthanasia, Joyce Bender, medical discrimination, Radio InterviewDiane Coleman

I was honored this week to be interviewed by Joyce Bender, President and CEO of Bender Consulting Services and an internationally respected leader in the field of disability employment. Her bio reflects some highlights of her extensive work: Joyce Bender has built her career on over 30 years of executive search experience, and has become … Continue reading Joyce Bender, International Radio Host of Disability Matters, Interviewed Diane Coleman →

Diane Coleman: What the COVID Crisis Tells Us About the Dangers of Assisted Suicide

February 2, 2021"death with dignity", ableism, access to health care, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, bioethics, COVID-19, diane coleman, end-of-life options bills, health disparities, healthcare rationing, medical discrimination, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, COVID-19, Diane Coleman, end of life options, healthcare disparities, healthcare rationing, medical discriminationDiane Coleman

The COVID pandemic revealed that people with disabilities have been denied treatment for the virus due to their disabilities and pervasive biases about their “quality of life”. This denial of care raises the very real issue that persons with disabilities are and will face similar discrimination under assisted suicide laws. Healthcare providers are the gatekeepers … Continue reading Diane Coleman: What the COVID Crisis Tells Us About the Dangers of Assisted Suicide →

Carol Cleigh Sutton: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident…

December 17, 2020ableism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, bioethics, Carol Cleigh Sutton, euthanasia, healthcare rationing, Our News & Commentary Blogbetter dead than disabled, euthanasia, nonvoluntary euthanasia, W. Carol CleighDiane Coleman

…but we don’t. In a phone conversation, a friend of a friend invited me to an event in the Spring. I said that it would depend upon a vaccine for Covid-19. Since our mutual friend and I are both high risk, neither will be traveling before then. She then volunteered that she thinks people in … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident… →

John Kelly – Assisted Suicide: It’s All about Disability

November 13, 2020"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, john kelly, Our News & Commentary Blog, thaddeus popeDiane Coleman

Proponents of assisted suicide laws have insisted for years that assisted suicide has nothing to do with disability, when a glance at the reported “end of life concerns” in Oregon showed those concerns to be all about people’s psychological distress over the disabling aspects of their serious disease. As one example, lead Massachusetts proponent of … Continue reading John Kelly – Assisted Suicide: It’s All about Disability →

Carol Cleigh Sutton: How Deeply Ableist is Mainstream Media?

July 19, 2020ableism, better dead than disabled, bioethics, Carol Cleigh Sutton, COVID-19, futility, health disparities, healthcare rationing, media bias, Michael Hickson, Our News & Commentary BlogCOVID-19, healthcare rationing, media bias, Michael HicksonDiane Coleman

A man named Michael Hickson died on June 11, 2020. He was denied food an fluids for 6 days. He was a Black man. His death occurred in a climate of national discussion about the killing of Black men. His wife, Melissa, has ample evidence that his death was deliberate and was the result of … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: How Deeply Ableist is Mainstream Media? →