Get help

…ude your 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 f…

Oppose the Legalization of Assisted Suicide!

…ouncil 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…

Testimony of Meghan Schrader

…eating disorders kill themselves with “MAiD,” (https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.11.9.4 , https://www.compassionandchoices.org/news/colorado-response ), but then it’s representatives say that these laws have never been abused. So, has the law been abused or not? As someone with an eating disorder who may have no choice but to seek treatment from people like the opportunist who wrote that case study in the future,…

Canada: Woman Goes on Hunger Strike After Being Denied Basic Care – Help Needed

…to) (705) 674-9252 1028 South Bay Rd. Sudbury, ON P3E 6J7 Website: http://www.maisonsudburyhospice.org/ Resident Care Coordinator Elaine Klym: elaine@maisonsudburyhospice.org Executive Director is Léo Therrie 5. If you will be in Ontario on January 23, consider joining a protest and march on Minna’s behalf. 6. Join the Facebook group, “Minna’s Hunger Strike–Call to Action for an ALS Patient Denied Care” to learn the latest news on what is happeni…