Category Archives: media coverage

Canada: NDY Board Member Rhonda Wiebe Writes About “Better Dead Than Disabled” in “The B.C. Catholic”

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Rhonda Wiebe is on the NDY Board of Directors.  Yesterday, The B.C. Catholic published an essay by Rhonda titled “Are we better off dead than disabled?”  Here’s the beginning of her excellent piece – a piece that aims to inform sympathetic but otherwise uninformed allies about the most critical barriers and threats facing disabled people: … Continue reading Canada: NDY Board Member Rhonda Wiebe Writes About “Better Dead Than Disabled” in “The B.C. Catholic” →

Georgia Disability Activists at Supreme Court Hearing on Assisted Suicide – Press Coverage and More

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The Georgia disability rights activists that attended yesterday’s hearing on the Final Exit Network’s (FEN) challenge to that state’s assisted suicide law were included in some of the major media coverage.  First, from wbstv.com (channel 2) in Atlanta, there’s a brief interview with disability activist Elizabeth Hune, alongside fellow activists Zan Thornton and Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle.  … Continue reading Georgia Disability Activists at Supreme Court Hearing on Assisted Suicide – Press Coverage and More →

RELEASE: Disabililty Rights Activists from NDY and National Council on Disability Featured on Dr. Oz Assisted Suicide Show

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 Link: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8929655.htm Disability Rights Activists from Not Dead Yet and National Council on Disability Featured in Dr. Oz Segment on Assisted Suicide Members of Not Dead Yet and National Council on Disability were featured in a Dr. Oz segment on assisted suicide. Members expressed opposition to assisted suicide, but overall the segment was biased in … Continue reading RELEASE: Disabililty Rights Activists from NDY and National Council on Disability Featured on Dr. Oz Assisted Suicide Show →

Disability Activists, Assisted Suicide and the Land of Oz

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Yesterday – November 1 – the anticipated/dreaded Dr. Oz show on assisted suicide aired in most places, although syndicated shows such as Dr. Oz often play out on different dates in different locations. Disability activists Nadina LaSpina, Danny Robert, Ari Ne’eman, Julie Maury, Hope Derogatis and Bill Peace were all in the audience.  Danny Robert … Continue reading Disability Activists, Assisted Suicide and the Land of Oz →

Diane Coleman Counters Support for Assisted Suicide with Reality Check in Her Hometown Paper

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(Editor’s note – this should have been posted over a week ago.  The timelag between the writing of this post and the publishing on the blog is entirely my responsibility.  –SD) I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, so when the Kalamazoo Gazette’s October 1st edition featured three opinion pieces supporting assisted suicide, I had to … Continue reading Diane Coleman Counters Support for Assisted Suicide with Reality Check in Her Hometown Paper →