…NDY in Opposition to District of Columbia Assisted Suicide Bill B21-38 Annual Report: October 2019 – September 2020 Annual Report: October 2018 – September 2019 Annual Report: October 2020 – September 2021 Assistant Director/Policy Analyst Job Description Autistic Self Advocacy Network IOM Statement Autistic Self Advocacy Network Letter to California Assembly Committee Opposing ABx2 15 Barrier Free Futures: Bob Kafka Interviews Diane Coleman About…
…ights friend-of-the-court brief in support of the New Mexico Attorney General’s appeal seeking to overturn a district court ruling that the New Mexico constitution contains a right to assisted suicide (Morris v. King, Case No. 33,630, Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico). Six other national disability rights organizations joined in the brief: ADAPT, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, D…
…o afford only one staff member – me – to write NDY’s blog, maintain a general online presence and handle the bulk of NDY-related media work. The complex politics of the assisted suicide issue placed serious limits on its financial resources. NDY’s initial concerns focused on the disability discrimination inherent in a society which labels some suicides as tragedies to be prevented, and others as “death with dignity” to be assisted, while denying p…
…eling of “being a burden” is a significant risk factor for suicide in general. All of these suicide prevention organizations have media guidelines on reporting responsibly when covering suicides. Among those guidelines are: *Suicide is complex. There are almost always multiple causes, including psychiatric illnesses, that may not have been recognized or treated. However, these illnesses are treatable. • Refer to research findings that mental disor…
…ournalist David Rundle read of the murder of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy — from starvation. He was appalled at the lack of passion with which the perpetrator – her mother – was prosecuted. The idea that this was an isolated case, he writes, made it endurable. Turns out the case – and the system’s response — aren’t isolated ones at all. This opinion article originally ran in the Apr. 23, 2006 Wichita Eagle If I Am Killed Ballastexistenz’…
