A Disabled Researcher Doing Research on Disability, Media, and Internalized Stigma!

…isability and media, and experienced internal stigma among disabled people. If you are an adult with a mobility disability between the ages of 18 to 65, have had a disability for at least 2 years, and live in the US, you are invited to participate in this study. People who complete the online survey have the chance to enter a raffle to win 1 $25 or 1 $100 AMAZON GIFT CARD!!!!!! To learn more about the study or participate in it please follow this…

Testimony of Diane Coleman, Not Dead Yet, Opposing New Hampshire HB 1659

…n the request for assisted suicide and death for each person. However, the online state reports do not reveal how many people outlived the 6-month or 180-day prediction. Instead, the reports give that year’s median and range of the number of days between the request for a lethal prescription and death. This is on page 13 of the 2018 annual report.[6] (The 2019 report is not yet available.) In 2018, at least one person lived 807 days; across all ye…

Oregon Data Substantiates Critics’ Concerns

…n the request for assisted suicide and death for each person. However, the online state reports do not reveal how many people outlived the 6-month or 180-day prediction, raising a question about why that data is omitted. Instead, the reports only give that year’s median and range of the number of days between the request for a lethal prescription and death. This is on page 13 of the 2018 annual report.[4] In 2018, at least one person lived 807 day…

Barrier Free Futures: Bob Kafka Interviews Diane Coleman About NDY & COVID-19

…in futility policies and we see that, and anybody can look those up there online on their site, to see the extent of the problem, which normally people don’t pay much attention to it, but it’s becoming ever more relevant. Bob Kafka: Yeah. I mean the argument I hear the most is that medicine has advanced so much that we’re keeping people alive, whatever. But wasn’t there a case where a young disabled student, a nurse, without even notifying the fa…

NDY Coleman NM House Judiciary Committee Testimony Opposing HB 47

…n the request for assisted suicide and death for each person. However, the online state reports do not reveal how many people outlived the 6-month or 180-day prediction. Instead, the reports give that year’s median and range of the number of days between the request for a lethal prescription and death. This is on page 13 of the 2019 annual report.[8] In 2019, at least one person lived 1503 days, the longest reported duration between the request fo…