…much more! I remember the last time she called me. My friend answered the phone. I was lying down due to a bad headache. I didn’t come to the phone. Sissy said she would call back in a day or so, and to tell me she loved me. How I wish I came to the phone! Maybe I could have sensed something from her, but I didn’t! I know her death was not because I missed her call now. What I do know, is that these horrific animals told my baby sister that it wa…
…g and events here. Here’s the comment that Diane Coleman offered today via phone: Comments by Diane Coleman and Not Dead Yet Before the National Council on Disability – April 22, 2013 I’m commenting today to urge NCD to take a leadership position in addressing the problem of so-called futile care laws and policies which allow doctors to deny life-sustaining treatment to people with disabilities who want and need it. The common thread running thr…
…f Reliance Center for Independent Living (Tampa, FL) SKIL Resource Center (Kansas) Statewide Independent Living Council of GA, Inc. Stavros Center for Independent Living (Amherst, MA) Suncoast Center for Independent Living, Inc. (Sarasota, FL) Teddy’s Ts Tennessee Association of Microboards and Cooperatives Tennessee Disability Coalition The Arc Michigan The Arc of Illinois The Whole Person (Kansas City, MO) Vermont Center for Independent Living V…
…ings he said – now this is a corporate lawyer – it sounds like he’s on the phone very good and articulated, and he told me on the phone a couple days ago that he did not want to come in, because he did not want to be cross-examined. AL: Well, yeah know, if you’re an attorney, you don’t have to be cross examined, I guess. But today we really are going to talk about the board of directors not just of this nonprofit but of all nonprofits who serve ou…
…ty civil rights, opposes SB 1002, The End of Life Option Act Dedicated Telephone Number. This bill is an expansion of the assisted suicide law even before it goes into effect. It’s a way to promote usage of the assisted suicide law. Last year the authors and proponents said this was a private matter solely between doctor and patient. Now the state would play a role in the law’s promotion. There is no way to limit callers to people who are terminal…
