Not Dead Yet Comment On Draft COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Framework

…ld be formally extended and further developments of this framework by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must provide a more genuine, realistic, fair and widely publicized opportunity for public input. Not Dead Yet’s comment will address two issues: a) the Phase 1b identification of “comorbid and underlying conditions that put individuals at a significantly higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease or death” and b) the failure to includ…

Marilyn Golden’s Testimony, Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing SB 128

…ted, 2005), p. 291, Question 768, available at: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldselect/ldasdy/86/86ii.pdf (accessed March 10, 2015). Kenneth R. Stevens, Jr. MD, former Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Oregon Health & Science University, The Proportion of Oregon Assisted Suicides by Compassion & Choices Organization. Stevens, Concentration of Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Prescriptions & Deaths from a Small Number of Prescribing Physician…

NDY Vlog: “What Is Ableism, and Why Does It Matter?”

for disabled people. Come learn with us! SOURCES Definition of Ableism by T.L. Lewis: https://www.talilalewis.com/blog/work… Study: Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33523… FilmDis Study: https://www.filmdis.com/wp-content/up… Michael Hickson Case: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/31/896882… Recording/Transcript between Melissa Hickson and doctor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq-…

LA Times Op-Ed: “Different assisted-suicide groups, one goal”

…N. Today’s issue of the same paper features a “blowback” op-ed by Stanton J. Price, “a health lawyer and member of the Los Angeles County Bar Assn.’s Bioethics Committee, which he recently co-chaired.” Below are some excerpts from Price’s excellent refutation of the Times Editorial: Different assisted-suicide groups, one goal Both Compassion and Choices and the Final Exit Network take the definition of “intolerable suffering” beyond terminal illne…

New Vlog! HCBS Part 1: First, a Little History

…shirt! Not sponsored, I just love shouting out disabled artists 🙂 https://www.teepublic.com/user/dissentclothing Transcript Hello and welcome back to the Not Dead Yet vlog! My name is Jules Good, I use they/them pronouns, and I’m the Assistant Director and Policy Analyst at Not Dead Yet. [VISUAL DESCRIPTION]. Today we’re talking about one of the most important issues facing the disabled community right now: access to long term services and suppor…