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Important News From NDY UK: Noel Conway Loses His Assisted Suicide Court Case

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Looking at the picture of Noel Conway wearing a breathing mask like mine in today’s Guardian article “Terminally ill Noel Conway loses challenge to assisted dying ban“, I can’t help but feel a profound sense of relief. I acknowledge that acquiring a progressive neuromuscular disability later in life as Conway did is different than growing up with … Continue reading Important News From NDY UK: Noel Conway Loses His Assisted Suicide Court Case →

Not Dead Yet Condemns Family Separation At the Border

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Not Dead Yet joins with other organizations representing the national disability community, as well as numerous civil and human rights groups, in condemning the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. We have already seen stories of disabled children experiencing the effects of this cruel and horrific policy. Some … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Condemns Family Separation At the Border →

Sarah Cavar: ASAN’s Invitational Summit on Supported Decision-Making

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A Summary of ASAN’s Invitational Summit on Supported Decision-Making and Transition to the Community: Conclusions and Recommendations. Introduction: The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) recently released a document stating the conclusions from their “Invitational Summit on Supported Decision-Making and Transition to the Community”. This was a summit that included allies and self-advocates to disability justice, and … Continue reading Sarah Cavar: ASAN’s Invitational Summit on Supported Decision-Making →

Wendi Wicks’ Hard Hitting Oral Testimony Against NZ End of Life Choices Bill

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June 11, 2018 Kia ora koutou, and thank you for the opportunity to present this submission. I am Wendi Wicks and I am the convener of Not Dead Yet Aotearoa, a national network of disabled people opposed to the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia. We in Not Dead Yet Aotearoa have some of the … Continue reading Wendi Wicks’ Hard Hitting Oral Testimony Against NZ End of Life Choices Bill →

Marilyn Golden: California can right the wrong of assisted suicide

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The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund helped lead efforts to oppose the legalization of assisted suicide in California. Though successful during the regular legislative session, assisted suicide proponents bullied their way through an end run on the regular process and secured passage of the law in late 2015. NDY covered and assisted DREDF’s efforts. Examples … Continue reading Marilyn Golden: California can right the wrong of assisted suicide →