Category Archives: Our News & Commentary Blog

(The following continues coverage and discussion of an initiative regarding efforts to let dementia patients “refuse” assistance to eat. We discussed this in November 2017. You can check out that blog post here.) Journalist Mike Bassett has a new online article out in Today’s Geriatric Medicine. It involves the latest initiative from “End of Life … Continue reading “End of Life Washington” Promotes Directive to Prevent Feeding Assistance to Those with Dementia →

Not Dead Yet (USA) Submission Opposing New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill

March 5, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, euthanasia, New Zealand, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, New Zealand, TestimonyDiane Coleman

[Editor’s note: To read the whole Submission, go here.] Submission to the New Zealand Parliament’s Justice Committee re: End of Life Choice Bill March 5, 2018 Introduction Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination against old, ill and disabled … Continue reading Not Dead Yet (USA) Submission Opposing New Zealand End of Life Choice Bill →

Not Dead Yet Testimony Opposing Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill HB 2739

February 27, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, dredf, elder abuse, hawaii, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyaid in dying, assisted suicide, Hawaii, TestimonyDiane Coleman

TESTIMONY OF DIANE COLEMAN, JD, PRESIDENT/CEO OF NOT DEAD YET OPPOSING HAWAII HB 2739 Judiciary and Health and Human Services Committees Submitted February 26, 2018 I am a severely disabled woman, and head up the national disability group, Not Dead Yet, which has members in Hawaii. I’ve spent a lifetime advocating for the rights of disabled … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Testimony Opposing Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill HB 2739 →

The Opioid Crisis the News Isn’t Talking About

February 21, 2018Our News & Commentary Blog, public commentChronic pain, Opioid CrisisDiane Coleman

Response to RFI – Opioid Public Health Emergency[1] February 20, 2018 We are members of Not Dead Yet, a national grassroots disability rights organization, and some of us are living with chronic pain ourselves. Based on our knowledge of the disability community through personal experience and through our work, we have not seen disabled people with … Continue reading The Opioid Crisis the News Isn’t Talking About →

Disability Activists Protesting HR 620 Arrested for Disrupting Congress

February 16, 2018ADAPT, Americans with Disabilities Act, Anita Cameron, Our News & Commentary BlogAmericans with Disabilities Act, Anita Cameron, HR 620Diane Coleman

NDY’s Anita Cameron was arrested twice this week along with others, fighting to preserve the civil rights of people with disabilities (including, btw, the 36% of seniors who have disabilities). She was interviewed for an extensive article in Truthout, Disability Activists Crash Congress to Stop a Bill That Would Undermine Their Civil Rights: Anita … Continue reading Disability Activists Protesting HR 620 Arrested for Disrupting Congress →