Disability Advocates Show Up to Oppose Evanston City Council Assisted Suicide Resolution

February 10, 2020"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Our News & Commentary Blog, press release, Testimonyaid in dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, Evanston City CouncilDiane Coleman

…Advocacy, Access Living. Media contact: Bridget Hayman bhayman@accessliving.org or (312) 640-2129 : www.accessliving.org “I oppose the legalization of assisted suicide because it leads to cases of abuse towards people with disabilities. The safeguards which are available have not been effective. In addition, terminal diagnoses are notoriously unreliable, with no assurance of consistency. It can be, and has been, offered by insurance companies inst…

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

January 22, 2009action alert, advocacy, als, aspergers, blog recommendations, bloggers, Canada, neglect, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative careStephen Drake

…ormation and ideas on how people can help: http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=572 and http://ballastexistenz.autistics.org/?p=573 2. Send an email to the following people to urge them to intervene on Minna’s behalf so she can receive the home care services that she is asking for: Sudbury MPP Rick Bartolucci Constituency Office email: rbartolucci.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services email: rick.bartolucci…

NDY Submits Comments On Adult Protective Services Guidelines

October 30, 2015Administration on Community Living, Adult Protective Services, assisted suicide, death through denial, dredf, elder abuse, Health care decision-making, involuntary euthanasia, life-ending decisions, medical decisionmaking, medical discrimination, medical killings, national adult protective services association, Our News & Commentary Blog, surrogate decision making, Surrogate Decisions & GuardianshipAdult Protective Services, assisted suicide, Health care decision making, Surrogate decision makingDiane Coleman

…ticle “Death With Dignity”: What Do We Advise Our Clients? https://www.kcba.org/newsevents/barbulletin/BView.aspx?Month=05&Year=2009&AID=article5.htm . Dore states: The Act requires an application process to obtain the lethal dose, which includes a written request form with two required witnesses. The Act allows one of these witnesses to be the patient’s heir. The Act also allows someone else to talk for the patient during the lethal-dose request…

Not Dead Yet’s Op Ed articles

…ns To Oppose Assisted Suicide: What Progressives Need To Know (Par-NewHaven.org, 02/26/20) Diane Coleman: Assisted Suicide Laws Are Lethal Discrimination Against Old, Ill and Disabled People (The Rift, 02/24/20) Katie Collins-Ihrke: Marylanders need health care, not assisted suicide (Frederick News-Post, 02/17/20) Mary Lopez, Ph.D.: Assisted suicide bill puts marginalized people at greater risk of harm (Roanoke Times, 02/16/20) Mike Reynolds: Your…

Robin Williams and the Hypocrisy of Suicide Prevention Organizations

August 24, 2014american foundation for suicide prevention, assisted suicide, International Association of Suicide Prevention, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide, suicide preventionAmerican Association for Suicide Prevention, American Association of Suicidology, assisted suicide, Final Exit Network, International Association of Suicide Prevention, Robin Williams, suicide, suicide preventionStephen Drake

…nformation and advice that promotes help-seeking. (Source: https://www.afsp.org/content/download/1066/16814/file/recommendations.pdf) Over the last eight years, the activities of the Final Exit Network (FEN) – whose “exit guides” are claimed to have facilitated hundreds of suicides in the U.S. – have received national coverage. The greatest coverage has come from their role in the death of John Celmer of Georgia, clear of mouth cancer he’d been…