…disability is what drives the seemingly innocuous decision-making process designed to steer people away from receiving care. The website, found at www.theconversationproject.org, reads in part: You’ll see that this isn’t really about dying—it’s about figuring out how you want to live, till the very end. “What matters to me is _____.” Think about the things that are most important to you. What do you value most? What can you not imagine living wit…
…disability is what drives the seemingly innocuous decision-making process designed to steer people away from receiving care. The website, found at www.theconversationproject.org, reads in part: You’ll see that this isn’t really about dying—it’s about figuring out how you want to live, till the very end. “What matters to me is _____.” Think about the things that are most important to you. What do you value most? What can you not imagine living wit…
…resident and CEO of Not Dead Yet. “Yet disability is a natural part of the human experience and people adapt.” The letter, joined primarily by organizations run by people with disabilities themselves, as distinguished from family members and service professionals, envisions an alternative approach. “The role of healthcare professionals should be to provide accurate information and support to help people get past their fears and disability stereoty…
…d people who brought this legal case and their families but there is much truth in the adage that ‘hard cases make bad law’. Euthanasia and assisted suicide is profoundly dangerous, irrespective of such hard cases, not least because they pose a very grave risk to thousands disabled people who have been made vulnerable by cuts in health and social care services and welfare benefits, making some feel they would be better off dead and no longer a bur…
…and creates a new enforcement mechanism where the Secretary of Health and Human Services can reduce the federal Medicaid match for a state that fails to comply with the law. The legislation adds a new requirement that states needs to report on their progress in providing community integration. The legislation ends institutional bias by including home and community based services as a mandatory service for all states. And finally, it includes a cl…
