…Stramondo of Michigan ADAPT. “Some states are virtually on the edge of bankruptcy. It makes no sense to spend extra dollars on institutions when those same dollars could fund more people with disabilities to live in the communities of our choice.” To a lot of readers coming to this blog from outside of the disability community, this might seem like a departure from our usual focus. It’s not. Not Dead Yet is a disability rights organization that en…
Great news coming out of Washington, DC last week. Andrew Imparato, the President and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), has been appointed to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors. Here’s the relevant info from the AAPD press release: WASHINGTON, DC – September 23, 2010 – The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the country’s largest cross-disability membe…
…t the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing tomorrow (February 9) on two bills related to assisted suicide. Here’s a short summary on the bills and the hearing: On Wednesday, Feb. 9, at 8am (Mountain Time), the Montana State Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the bill to implement the Baxter decision (SB 167 – Blewett) and the bill to overturn it (SB 116 – Hinkle). We support the Hinkle Bill. The hearing will take place at 8am…
…as an example of “rationing” imposed by a centralized, single-payer system run by the government. As you’ll see, this is not one of those stories. The barriers faced by Fitzmaurice had nothing to do with policies of the HSE – but had everything to do with the attitudes of medical professionals regarding “quality of life.” More here: While he is looking at me, my life force, my soul, the part of me that feels like every part, is unequivocal. I want…
Disappointing, but not entirely unexpected news from Arizona: Lawrence Egbert, 83, an anesthesiologist from Baltimore, was found not guilty of conspiracy to commit manslaughter by aiding suicide in the April 2007 death of Jana Van Voorhis, 58. But the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision as to whether Franklin Langsner, 86, a retired college professor from Scottsdale, had committed manslaughter by aiding suicide as one of Van Voorhis’ “e…
