“Public Education” about PWDs hits new low with “Ransom Notes” campaign

December 12, 2007action alert, activism, advocacy, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…amilyalliance.net/ Estee Klar-Wolfond The Autism Acceptance Project http://www.taaproject.com/ Barbara Trader, MS Executive Director TASH http://www.tash.org Jim Sinclair Autism Network International http://ani.autistics.org/ Stephen Drake Not Dead Yet http://notdeadyet.org/ Stanley Soden Director of Independent Living Services. MOCEANS Center for Independent Living http://www.moceanscil.org/ Ethan B. Ellis Executive Director Alliance for Disabled…

Full Written Public Comment: Disability Related Concerns About POLST

…r Life-Sustaining Treatment (“POLST”), Problems and Recommendations http://www.canhr.org/reports/2010/POLST_WhitePaper.pdf [5] See, e.g., www.adapt.org. [6] Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments (MOLST) Form, November 14, 2012, http://www.medsocdel.org/Portals/1/In%20the%20News/MOLST%20Form%20Letter%20111412.pdf [7] POLST: Honoring Patients’ Wishes for Treatment, Part 3: Havin…

NALA Facts & Findings: Assisted Suicide Laws and Ableism by Diane Coleman, J.D.

January 10, 2022aid in dying, Associated Press, diane coleman, end-of-life options bills, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide preventionaid in dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, end of life options, medical discriminationDiane Coleman

…/2018/jan/11/diabetics-eligible-physician-assisted-suicide-oreg/ 3 https://www.centerforpublicrep.org/covid-19-medical-rationing/ 4 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01452 5 https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Assisted_Suicide_Report_508.pdf 6 https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year23.pdf 7 https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hendin-Foley-Michiga…

Lisa Blumberg: The Anonymous Three: Child Euthanasia in Belgium and Elsewhere

September 19, 2018Belgium, Conversation Project, euthanasia, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary BlogBelgium, euthanasia, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…3bac2-9988-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.0310c1b7da8d http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/0700/0700ft1.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-dies-by-euthanasia-in-belgium-where-assistance-in-dying-is-legal/ https://theconversationproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ConversationProject-StarterKit-Pediatric-English.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/children-are-being-euthanized-in-belgium/2018/08/06/9473bac2-9988-11e8-b60b…

Public Comment On Proposed Opioid Prescription Policy Under the Oregon Health Plan

…ay opioid crackdown is hurting them (Chicago Tribune, June 5, 2017) http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-opioid-patients-backlash-met-20170603-story.html [10] Kelly K. Daneen, et al., Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Can Physicians Prescribe Opioids to Treat Pain Adequately While Avoiding Legal Sanction? (Am J Law Med 2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5494184/ [11] Diabetics eligible for physician-assisted suicide in…