…state protection and advocacy agency (use the directory at http://www.ndrn.org/en/ndrn-member-agencies.html) Keep a journal record of conversations with health care providers. Contact Not Dead Yet to learn about potential issues and resources. Contact disability advocates in your area: To find your nearest center for independent living, which is an advocacy and service organization run by people with disabilities, go to www.ncil.org. To find your…

…ons and my subsequent blog about the New Mexico case (See http://notdeadyet.org/2012/07/ndy-quoted-in-article-on-new-mexico-assisted-suicide-case.html), the Connecticut court viewed this as more appropriate for legislative than judicial action, stating: Legislative determination is particularly important given the significant medical legal and ethical concerns about legalized physician assisted suicide that have been raised across the country. Amo…

…s on End-of-Life Medical Treatments, November 21, 2013, http://www.pewforum.org/2013/11/21/views-on-end-of-life-medical-treatments/] The “Conversation Ready” project is focused on safety net providers. As such, the following Core Component is extremely deceptive and will incentivize “choosing” death over living with a disability. Identify care coordinators to work with community based and faith based partners to facilitate End of Life planning in…

…Council on Disability * National Council on Independent Living http://dredf.org/public-policy/assisted-suicide/ & http://notdeadyet.org/assisted-suicide-talking-points ¡Oposición a la legalización del suicidio asistido! ¡El suicidio asistido es mala medicina, una receta para el abuso! Los llamados salvaguardias son vanos. Demasiado peligroso: Muchas organizaciones de discapacidad y la Asociación Médica de Estados Unidos se oponen a la legalización…

…its Convention on The Rights of People with Disabilities https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/01/disability-not-reason-sanction-medically-assisted-dying-un-experts Compassion and Choices has acknowledged that an eating disorder specialist published a case study about helping people with eating disorders kill themselves with “MAiD,” (https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.11.9.4 , https://www.compassionandchoi…