…isabled professionals from working. Some of the most restrictive penalties were soon lifted — including one preventing him from earning royalties on books — in a policy change that became known as the Longmore Amendment. And – appropriately – there is another long obituary in AHA Today – a publication of the American Historical Association. I’m still working on putting together at least a few of Paul Longmore’s NDY-related writings for the blog. I…
…though. Here’s some info on what ADAPT has been doing this week, including today: Press Releases: ADAPT FIGHTS MEDICAID CUTBACKS; OCCUPIES CANNON ROTUNDA; ARRESTS MADE ADAPT STORMS CONGRESS AGAIN: DEMANDS PAUL RYAN WITHDRAW Press Coverage: Disability advocates take to Capitol Hill, demand rejection of Ryan budget plan 89 arrested in Medicaid plan protest Disability Advocates Arrested On Capitol Hill Disability-rights group protests at Ryan’s offic…
…not allow prosecutors to present evidence of her psychological state. “In today’s legal framework, judges and juries do not distinguish between the choice of a mentally competent, terminally ill patient for a peaceful death via selfadministered medication, and the act of a distraught individual who is not dying, who may be mentally ill and suicidal,” said Coombs Lee. “The former is a practice known as aid in dying, which has strong and growing su…
…testimony presented to us, I have determined that community sentiment here today has been overwhelmingly opposed to moving this measure forward in its present form,” said Sen. Josh Green, committee chairman. “There is truly compelling testimony on both sides of this matter — for and against — but from my perspective, for an issue of this magnitude, I believe we need to have more agreement as a community. “So for now we need to find other ways to s…
…n’t be an insurmountable barrier in and of itself. I don’t know if that’s true or not, because there are plenty of other reasons for the disability community to steer away from equating our situations and struggle for rights with those of animals. First, animal rights advocacy is a cause that operates by defining and advocating for a set of principles which should govern human-animal interaction. It is not the animals themselves demanding this. Th…
