Guest Blog by Kathleen Nicole O’Neal On June 16, 2022, a forty-four-year-old Italian citizen named Federico Carboni became the first patient in the history of his country to die by medically assisted suicide. Twelve years ago, Carboni was working as a trucker when he found himself seriously injured in a traffic accident that put him […]
According to a 2013 Pew Research Center study, 65% of the Latino community is against assisted suicide. That’s more than half of the Latino community. We understand how dangerous these practices are. But I would like to see the entire community against assisted suicide. Have you heard of the Disability perspective? I am going to […]
Guest Blog by Kathleen Nicole O’Neal In February of 2022, Dr. Jennifer L. Gaudiani, Dr. Joel Yager, and the late medical patient Alyssa Bogetz published a truly disturbing article in the Journal of Eating Disorders entitled “Terminal Anorexia Nervosa: Three Cases and Proposed Clinical Characteristics.” In this article, Dr. Gaudiani, a Colorado based physician with […]
By INGRID TISCHER Welcome to the world of Champagne lifetimes and caviar deaths! I’m Robbin’ Leech, your guide to the deathstyle media titans that are teaching us how the fabulously wealthy celebrate the moments of their end-of-lives. Today I’ll be sharing two sumptuous images from Costs Illustrated magazine and then dazzling you with one glorious […]
Listening to the other presenters, many of whom mentioned ableism, but most especially to the names being read – for more than an hour – during the Disability Day of Mourning, something I’ve known for years snapped into focus and demanded to be written: Ableism is Violence. The problem is Abled Chauvinism. Like men vis […]
Recently, Not Dead Yet News and Commentary, posted on May 27, 2021 an Op-Ed written by United Kingdom NDY founder, Baroness Jane Campbell who stated, The Government should be helping people to live– not die through assisted suicide. The National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities (NOND), a partner with NDY that stands against Physician Assisted […]
[Editor’s Note: This Guest Blog is from Stephen Mendelsohn, one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut.] This is likely a first from the mainstream suicide prevention community: The Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board (CTSAB) recognizes that legalizing assisted suicide encourages people with disabilities to commit suicide. Here’s the relevant excerpt from the State of Connecticut Suicide […]
We in the disability community have a stronger appreciation than most people of the opportunities technology can bring. Power wheelchairs and vans offer us mobility. Voice-activated software and screen readers unleash the power of computers. Environmental control systems allow us to manage things around the house, like opening doors and answering the phone. But some […]
(Editor’s note: I meant to post this article last week, but offline business have kept me away from much that I planned on doing on the blog. My apologies to Audrey Cole for the delay. This is not the usual type of essay one sees on this blog – that makes it all the more […]
