…ed by Oregon patients requesting suicide pills had nothing to do with physical pain and suffering. These concerns were: decreasing ability to participate in enjoyable activities; loss of autonomy; and loss of dignity. The disability community strongly opposes the belief that requiring the assistance of another individual for activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing and toileting, is undignified or a legitimate reason for New York Stat…
…on Bill A204/S4685 (05/10/22) NDY Public Comment on CDC Draft Updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids (04/11/22) NDY Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID (01/04/21) NDY Public Comment on Draft PCORI Principles (11/13/20) Not Dead Yet Comment On Draft COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Framework (09/04/20) Public Comment Opposing Proposed Medicaid PASRR Changes (05/20/20) NDY Urges USCIS To Rever…
…n half of the New Jersey state groups listed are disability groups. Specifically, they are centers for independent living run by people with disabilities, and the statewide independent living council mandated by federal law to plan the state’s independent living services for people with disabilities of all ages. Nevertheless, in a move that has outraged both national and state disability rights advocates, the New Jersey Senate Health, Human Servic…
…rights perspective on topics related to assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical ethics, third party decisions to withhold life-sustaining medical treatment and homicides of persons with disabilities. There were over 59,927 views of the website during the reporting year, and NDY posted 130 Facebook entries and 176 tweets. NDY created or participated in three videos on NDY topics. Media: National NDY issued three press releases and participated in tw…
…line, it comes very, very close to it,” said Christine Moutier, chief medical officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. “Suicide should never be presented as an option. That’s a formula for potential contagion.” (Emphasis added.) Moutier is referring to a well-documented phenomenon, better-known as “copycat suicide,” in which media coverage or publicity around one death encourages other vulnerable people to commit suicide in the…
