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

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

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

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

Disability Advocates Concerned As AMA Refers Assisted Suicide Policy for More Study

For Immediate Release: June 11, 2018 Contacts: Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 Marilyn Golden 510-549-9339 Disability rights advocates led by Not Dead Yet are concerned with the American Medical Association’s decision today to continue studying the issue of physician assisted suicide. While the AMA’s longstanding policy against assisted suicide still stands, a simple affirmation of the policy was … Continue reading Disability Advocates Concerned As AMA Refers Assisted Suicide Policy for More Study

John Oliver Takes on Guardianship Abuse

For anyone unfamiliar with the show, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” features in-depth, dark – and often viciously humorous takes on important news. The last show shared the often dark and abusive sides of guardianship in the USA: This video is captioned. Three things about the captioning: The captioning is mostly accurate; John … Continue reading John Oliver Takes on Guardianship Abuse