Cathy Ludlum PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE Testimony Opposing SB 88 An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for Terminally Ill Patients February 23, 2022 Co-chairs and members of the Public Health Committee: My name is Cathy Ludlum, and I am one of the leaders of Second Thoughts Connecticut, a group of disabled people and allies who are […]
As a February 23rd committee hearing approaches on the Connecticut assisted suicide bill, disability advocates are talking about a compelling article by a former disability protection and advocacy attorney who’s experiences changed her views about this controversial issue. Her article was published in today’s CT Mirror. Physician assisted suicide – second thoughts by Nancy Alisberg […]
In recognition of the December 3rd International Day of Disabled Persons, NDY posts the following statements by United Nations experts contained in a press release issued earlier this year. Disability is not a reason to sanction medically assisted dying – UN experts GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at […]
[THE COMMENT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO DEC. 12. Go to www.regulations.gov.] November 12, 2021 Jeffrey A. Koses Chairperson United States AbilityOne Commission 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 715 Arlington, VA 22202 RE: RIN 3037-AA16 Prohibition on the Payment of Subminimum Wages Under 14(c) Certificates as a Qualification for Participation as a Nonprofit Agency Under […]
On November 2, Newsweek published an excellent op-ed by Matt Valliere, Executive Director of the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF), entitled The Brutal, Tragic, Consequences of Quality of Life Judgements. Though PRAF’s mission is focused on opposing assisted suicide laws, the op-ed does an uncommonly good job discussing other discriminatory and harmful medical practices that […]
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 […]
June 11, 2021 By: Andrés J. Gallegos, Jennifer M. Sender ROBBINS, SALOMON & PATT, LTD. SEEKS JUSTICE FOR MICHAEL HICKSON, FILES WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST ST. DAVID’S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER & ITS PHYSICIANS Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd. (RSP) on June 10, 2021, filed a multi-count wrongful death lawsuit against St. David’s South Austin Medical Center […]
The American Association of People with Disabilities issued the following press release announcing the more than 80 organizations that signed a letter calling on policymakers to reject health policies that discriminate. NDY’s President/CEO was quoted in the release below. The letter is in pdf and text formats, here and here, respectively. Advocates for People with Disabilities, […]
[Published in the CTPost on April 1, 2021, and New Haven Register April 3.] State needs health care, not “death with dignity” Joan Cavanagh Apr 1, 2021 Anyone who has been with loved ones facing serious, painful illness will empathize deeply with the testimonies in Ed Stannard’s Sunday, March 21 article. I have. And I […]
The Greenfield Recorder published John Kelly’s letter opposing the Massachusetts assisted suicide bill on August 12. This excellent letter speaks for itself. Older, ill and disabled people deserve choice-promoting services, supports By JOHN B. KELLY I disagree with Joan Milnes’s call for passage of the assisted suicide bill now in the legislature (“Making a final choice […]
