…ment, and Veterans and Federal Affairs. Ballot Question 2 on the November statewide ballot seeks to legalize assisted suicide in Massachusetts. For more information about No On Question 2 and reasons to oppose this measure go to: http://www.noonquestion2.org/index.php/about/faq ### No On Question 2 is a diverse coalition of disability rights organizations, doctors, nurses, community leaders, faith based groups and patient rights advocates. w…
…Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights, at pp. 10-11. http://www.ndrn.org/images/Documents/Resources/Publications/Reports/Devaluing_People_with_Disabilities.pdf The NDRN report states that reliance on ethics committees and consultations are insufficient protections of a patient’s legal rights and that hospitals and other providers must “establish and implement due process protections to ensure the civil rights of a person with a disability a…
…give that information. Diane Coleman: Sure. Well, our website is notdeadyet.org. Just three words all together, no spaces, notdeadyet.org, and then DREDF is Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the acronym D-R-E-D-F.org and actually, if you just go there at this point, the first thing there is the COVID, the link to their COVID resources and so, that’s the easiest way to find that. Bob Kafka: And hasn’t there been, I know – I think, four…
…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…
…lder abuse annually in Montana, reported and unreported (http://web.archive.org/web/20101021101332/http://www.eadaily.com/15/elder-abuse-statistics/). Statistically, 90 percent of elder abusers are a family member or trusted other. Similarly, people with disabilities are up to four times more likely to be abused than their same-age nondisabled peers. In Oregon and Washington, legal assisted suicide has opened new paths of abuse against persons who…
