…online video is 15 hours, so Lindsay Baran of the National Council on Independent Living provided the following time markers for the awesome disability advocates who testified. Mollie Greenberg (NCIL): 1:43:40 Samantha Crane (ASAN & also an NDY Board Officer): 3:17:25 Lindsay Baran (NCIL): 3:21:40 Georges Aguehounde (DCCIL): 4:27:25 Anne Sommers (NDY): 6:00:50 Shira Wakschlag (The Arc): 6:39:20 Maureen Hollowell (DREDF): 7:07:35 If you would like…
…of you know that assisted suicide proponents ramrodded a bill through the California special session convened to work on the state’s Medicaid budget, after the bill was killed in the regular session. Too many legislators chose to ignore the documented record of abuses under the virtually identical Oregon and Washington laws. John Kelly has put together the information on what you can do to stop this dangerous bill before it’s too late. And if you…
…isted suicide and other NDY issues in individual states and provided technical assistance to disability advocates who testify in their home states. Read more about our Legislative efforts. Policy work Not Dead Yet engages in dialogue and provides input to policy makers in a variety of contexts, such as commenting on proposed regulations, urging appropriate action by public or private decision-makers, agencies, governmental or quasi governmental bo…
…s is an urgent update of John Kelly’s September 13th blog on ways to reach California Governor Jerry Brown to urge him to veto the assisted suicide bill. It’s a bill that failed in the regular legislative session but was revived and rammed through a special session that was convened to address the Medicaid budget. That juxtaposition is far from comforting to the disability community.] For the sake of California and the country, Gov. Jerry Brown of…
…overnor to veto AB 2X 15, which would permit physician-assisted suicide in California. ASAN believes that physician-assisted suicide legislation like AB 2X 15 discriminates against people who are aging, ill, or have disabilities. During the course of its advocacy for people with disabilities, we repeatedly encounter attitudes that life with a disability – not only developmental disability but also disability caused by age or illness – is “undignif…
